Ezekiel 1:2

In the fifth day; the Hebrew hath only fifth, according to its concise style; we do well to supply day, as in Ezekiel 1:1. Of the month Tamuz, as Ezekiel 1:1, answering to our June and July. Which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity: this account observed will guide us in computing the times this prophet referred to, Ezekiel 1:1, these five of Jehoiachin, and the eleven of his predecessor, added to fourteen of Josiah's reign after he found the law, make up thirty years, Ezekiel 1:1, which likely might be the jubilee, the most fit for so solemn a passover as Josiah kept. Jehoiachin, who is also called Jeconiah, and Coniah, whose father Jehoiakim was slain by the Chaldeans, and he, after three months short reign, voluntarily yielded up himself to the Chaldees; of which rendition of himself and his we read 2 Kings 24:12, &c. Though this man yielded up himself, yet the Babylonians made him prisoner, and carried him and his into captivity; and so the Hebrew, avers; though some distinguish this from captivity by calling it a transmigration, the Hebrew calls it captivity.