Ezek.20.1

Ezekiel 20:1

KJV

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

Israel’s Rebellion in Egypt

Cross References

2 Kings 6:32

KJV

But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

The Siege and Famine of Samaria

Jeremiah 21:2

KJV

Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

Jerusalem Will Fall to Babylon

Ezekiel 1:2

KJV

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

Ezekiel’s Vision by the River Kebar

Ezekiel 8:1

KJV

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.

The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple

Ezekiel 8:11

KJV

And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple

Ezekiel 14:1

KJV

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

Ezekiel 20:2

KJV

Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,