Ezekiel
God will strengthen. (1.) 1 Chr 24:16, “Jehezekel.”
(2.) One of the great prophets, the son of Buzi the priest (Ezek 1:3). He was one of the Jewish exiles who settled at Tel-Abib, on the banks of the Chebar, “in the land of the Chaldeans.” He was probably carried away captive with Jehoiachin (Ezek 1:2; 2 Kgs 24:14–16) about B.C. 597. His prophetic call came to him “in the fifth year of Jehoiachin’s captivity” (B.C. 594). He had a house in the place of his exile, where he lost his wife, in the ninth year of his exile, by some sudden and unforeseen stroke (Ezek 8:1; Ezek 24:18). He held a prominent place among the exiles, and was frequently consulted by the elders (Ezek 8:1; Ezek 11:25; Ezek 14:1; Ezek 20:1). His ministry extended over twenty-three years (Ezek 29:17), B.C. 595-573, during part of which he was contemporary with Daniel (14:14; 28:3) and Jeremiah, and probably also with Obadiah. The time and manner of his death are unknown. His reputed tomb is pointed out in the neighbourhood of Bagdad, at a place called Keffil.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Ezekiel 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
- Ezekiel 24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
