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When Ezekiel prophesied to the Israelitish captives at Tel-abib, "by the river of Chebar" in Chaldea (Kheber, near Nippur), he appears to have utilized Assyrian symbolism.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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When the season was backward, and the lambs not yet of a paschal size, or the barley not forward enough for abib, then a month called Veadar, i.e., a second Adar, was intercalated.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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We know that not far off was Tel-abib, the seat of one of the colonies of Jewish exiles, for that lay "by the river of Chebar", (2) which we may identify with the Kabaru Canal in
Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894
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And if we may regard the literary parallel that has been pointed out as anything more than fortuitous, it is open to us to assume that chap. xiv may have been worked up by Ezekiel many years after his prophetic call at Tel-abib.
Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894
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Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of
Sermons. Volume the Second. 1808-1892 1848
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Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The Jtatuteof 21 Jac. 1 cap. 19 ex -. tends to conditional as well as abib - lute fa'es it!
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. [1736-1754] Sanders, Francis Williams, 1769-1831, ed 1794
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The country was then abib and from that time every thing aflumed a new appear*
The History of New-Hampshire. Volume II.: Comprehending the Events of of Seventy Five Years ... 1791
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Captivity and Goes to Tel-abib by the Chebar: Again Beholds the
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As in the book of the prophet Ezekiel we read of his rapture to Tel-abib: "The spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place.
Sermons. Volume the Second. 1808-1892 1848
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