Ezekiel and The Chebar River of Babylon
This clay tablet dates back to the time of the Babylonian Exile. It mentions the Chebar River, the location Ezekiel specified, in the fifth line of the inscription.
Overview
Clay Tablet mentioning the Chebar River:
"(written in a) city (on) the Chebar River..."
The map shows in orange the region of Babylonia settled by the Judean exiles.
In the Bible
Ezekiel 1:2-3
On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—the word of the L-RD came to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, by the Chebar Canal, in the land of the Chaldeans.
יְחֶזְקֵאל א', ב-ג:
"בַּֽחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הִ֚יא הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַֽחֲמִישִׁ֔ית לְגָל֖וּת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יֽוֹיָכִֽין׃ הָיֹ֣ה הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־ה' אֶל־יְחֶזְקֵ֨אל בֶּן־בּוּזִ֧י הַכֹּהֵ֛ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים עַל־נְהַר־כְּבָ֑ר..."
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