Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 1:2

2. In the fifth day of the moneth which was the fifth year of King Jehojachin Captivity .

The Heb. hath onely fifth according to its concise stile we do well to supply, day, as in verse 1.

Thamuz, as verse 1. answering to our Iune and Iuly.

This account observed will guide us in computing the times this Prophet referred to ver. 1. these five of Iehojachin, and the eleven of his predecessor added to fourteen of Iosiah's Reign, after he found the Law make up 30 years, ver. 1. which likely might be the Jubilee, the most fit for so solemn a Passover as Iosiah kept.

Who is also called Ieconiah, and Coniah, whose Father Iehojachim was slain by the Chaldeans, and he after three Moneths short reign, voluntarily yeilded 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 Heb. Avers, tho some distinguish this from Captivity by calling it a transmigration, the Heb. calls it Captivity.