Ezekiel 1:2

2On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

2(On the fifth of the month 1:2 Lit it wasin the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile,

2(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile,

2(On the fifth of the month, which was in the fifth year of 1:2 Jehoiachin the king of Judah was taken captive when Nebuchadnezzar and his army invaded Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar II of the Chaldean Dynasty, more commonly known as Nebuchadnezzar the Great, ruled Babylon from 605-562 b.c. He conquered Jerusalem in 597 b.c.King Jehoiachin’s captivity, [2 Kin 24:12-14]

2On the fifth day of the month— it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

2It was the fifth day of the month. Jehoiachin had been king of Judah. It was the fifth year since he had been brought to Babylon as a prisoner.