This document is about Chebar (River). For other homonyms, please refer to the Chebar document.
The name of a river in Chaldea, where Nebuchadnezzar took King Jehoiachin and the people of Judah captive and made them live near this river. Ezekiel (prophet) received revelations by this river.
Ezekiel 1:1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the Chebar River, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Ezekiel 3:15Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Abib, that dwelt by the Chebar River, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
Ezekiel 10:15And the cherubims lifted up themselves. This is the living creature that I saw by the Chebar River.
Ezekiel 43:3And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the Chebar River; and I fell upon my face.