Dict: easton - Ezekiel

easton:

Ezekiel @ God will strengthen.

(1.) kjv@1Chronicles:24:16, "Jehezekel."

(2.) One of the great prophets, the son of Buzi the priest kjv@Ezekiel: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 (1:2; kjv@2Kings: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 kjv@Ezekiel:8:1 kjv@Ezekiel:24:18). He held a prominent place among the exiles, and was frequently consulted by the elders (8:1; 11:25; 14:1; 20:1). His ministry extended over twenty-three years (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.