John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1
And it came to pass in the seventh year ,.... Of Zedekiah's reign, and of the captivity of Jeconiah; from whence the dates of Ezekiel's visions and prophecies are taken, Ezekiel 1:2 ; two years, one month, and five days, after Ezekiel began to prophesy, and eleven months and five days after the preceding prophecy: in the fifth month , the tenth day of the month ; the month Ab, which answers to our July and August; on this day afterwards Jerusalem was twice destroyed, first by the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 20:1-4
Here is, 1. The occasion of the message which we have in this chapter. That sermon which we had Ezek. 18:1-32 was occasioned by their presumptuous reflections upon God; this was occasioned by their hypocritical enquiries after him. Each shall have his own. This prophecy is exactly dated, in the seventh year of the captivity, about two years after Ezekiel began to prophesy. God would have them to keep account how long their captivity lasted, that they might see how the years went on towards... read more