Dates in Ezekiel

ReferenceYear/month/day following exile of Jehoiachin Modern equivalent*/year b.c. Situation
1:25th year / 4th month / 5th dayJuly 593*** inaugural vision
8:16th year / 6th month / 5th daySeptember 592first temple vision
20:17th year / 5th month / 10th dayAugust 591elders come to inquire
24:19th year / 10th month / 10th day** January 588 or 587siege of Jerusalem begins
26:111th year / month (?) / 1st dayc. 587–586oracle against Tyre, before Babylon besieged it
29:110th year / 10th month / 12th dayJanuary 587oracle against Egypt
29:1727th year / 1st month / 1st dayApril 571**** Egypt assigned to Babylon; after end of Babylon's siege of Tyre
30:2011th year / 1st month / 7th dayApril 587oracle against Egypt
31:111th year / 3rd month / 1st dayJune 587oracle against Egypt
32:112th year / 12th month / 1st dayMarch 585oracle against Egypt
32:1712th year / 12th month / 15th dayApril 585oracle against Egypt
33:2112th year / 10th month / 5th dayJanuary 585fugitive arrives in Babylon
40:125th year / 1st month (?) / 10th day (?)April 573second temple vision

*For simplicity, here and in the notes that follow, only the second month of the modern equivalent is given (cf. Months in the Hebrew Calendar) **Unique dating formula in Hebrew; see notes ***earliest recorded oracle ****latest recorded oracle

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