Ezekiel 3:15

3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, ¹  who lived by the Kebar River. ²  I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. ³ 

Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ⁴  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ⁵  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ⁶ 

¹ sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.

² tn Or “canal.”

³ sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.

⁴ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

⁵ tn Or “power.”

⁶ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.