Ezekiel 1:3

3the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the 1:3 The Chaldeans dominated and ruled Babylonia from 625 b.c., until their empire fell in 539 b.c., but they were known as early as 1000 b.c. as an aggressive, tribal people in the southern region of Babylonia. They were highly skilled in both the science of astronomy and the pseudo-science of astrology. They kept meticulous records of celestial motion and correctly calculated the length of a year to within just a few minutes. Babylon, their capital city, was the center of trade and learning in the western part of Asia. The classical literature of the Chaldeans was written in cuneiform, but the common language, both written and spoken in Babylon, was Akkadian increasingly influenced by Aramaic.Chaldeans by the River 1:3 A canal off the Euphrates, south of Babylon.Chebar; and the hand of the Lord came upon him there.) [1 Kin 18:46; 2 Kin 3:15]