John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year ,.... Either from the last jubilee, as R. Joseph Kimchi F18 Apud R. D. Kimchi in loc. , Jarchi, and Abendana; or from the time that the book of the law was found by Hilkiah the priest F19 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 26. ; so the Targum, which paraphrases the words thus, "and it was in the thirtieth year after Hilkiah the high priest found the book of the law, in the house of the sanctuary, in the court under the porch, in the middle of the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 1:1-3
The circumstances of the vision which Ezekiel saw, and in which he received his commission and instructions, are here very particularly set down, that the narrative may appear to be authentic and not romantic. It may be of use to keep an account when and where God has been pleased to manifest himself to our souls in a peculiar manner, that the return of the day, and our return to the place of the altar (Gen. 13:4), may revive the pleasing grateful remembrance of God's favour to us. ?Remember,... read more