Ezekiel 20:1

King James Version (KJV)

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

In the seventh year - Of the captivity of Jeconiah, (see Ezekiel 8:1;), and the seventh of the reign of Zedekiah.

The fifth month, the tenth day - That is, according to Abp. Usher, Monday, August 27, A.M. 3411.

Certain of the elders of Israel - What these came to inquire about is not known. They were doubtless hypocrites and deceivers, from the manner in which God commands the prophet to treat them. It seems to have been such a deputation of elders as those mentioned Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 14:1.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

The elders of Israel - These were as in Ezekiel 14:1, some of Ezekiel‘s fellow-exiles, designated in general terms by the name of Israel, though more properly belonging to the kingdom of Judah.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Those hearts are wretchedly hardened which ask God leave to go on in sin, and that even when suffering for it; see ver. 32. God is justly angry with those who are resolved to go on still in their trespasses. Cause the people to know the evil deeds of their fathers, that they may see how righteous it was with God to cut them off.

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