Ezekiel

:This article is about the prophet Ezekiel. See also the Book of Ezekiel, concerned with the text. For other meanings, see Ezekiel (disambiguation).

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Book of Ezekiel - Ezekiel (disambiguation)

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Ezekiel or Yechezkel (יְחֶזְקֵאל "God will strengthen", Standard Hebrew Yəḥezqel, Tiberian Hebrew Yəḥezqêl) was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, commonly regarded as the author of the biblical Book of Ezekiel. While Ezekiel is not mentioned by name in the Qur'an, most Islamic scholars believe that the epithet Dhul-Kifl, who is mentioned, refers to him.

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God - Standard Hebrew - Tiberian Hebrew - Prophet - Hebrew Bible - Book of Ezekiel - Qur'an - Islamic - Dhul-Kifl

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The Book of Ezekiel gives little detail about his life. In it, he is mentioned only twice by name: 1:3 and 24:24. He is the son of Buzi the priest, and his name means "God will strengthen". He was one of the Israelite exiles, who settled at a place called Tel-Aviv, on the banks of the Chebar, "in the land of the Chaldeans." The place is thus not identical to the modern city Tel Aviv, which however is named after it. He was probably carried away captive with Jehoiachin (1:2; 2 Kings 24:14-16) about 597 BCE.

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Book of Ezekiel - Israelite - Chaldea - Tel Aviv - Jehoiachin - 2 Kings - 597 BCE

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On the fifth day of the fourth month in the fifth year of his exile (Tammuz, 592 BCE), he said he beheld on the banks of the Chebar the glory of God, who consecrated him as a prophet. The latest date in his book is the first day of the first month in the twenty-seventh year of his exile (Nisan, 570 BCE); consequently, his prophecies extended over twenty-two years.

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Tammuz - 592 BCE - 570 BCE

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