IN the five and twentieth yeare of our captivitie] He reckoneth from the captivitie of Jehoiachin, or Jechonias, 2. King. 24. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. as appeareth plainly by Chap. 24. 1, 2. compared with 2 Kings 25:1. And from the same date he counteth, Chap. 8. 1. &20. 1. &26. 1. &29. 1. &31. 1. &32. 1. For this was properly the date of the captivitie, Matth. 1. 11, 12. in the beginning of the year] The Jews counted the beginning of the yeare two wayes: for their feasts they began to count in March, and for their other affaires in September. This was in the moneth Tisri, or September: which was the naturall and genuine beginning of the yeare from the Creation, Joe 2:23. on the tenth day of the moneth] The day of expiation, Leviticus 16:29. The very same day that the solemne reconciliation used to be made for the people, the Lord chooseth to shew them this comfortable earnest of their returne. And on this very same day of the yeare that Ezekiel is shewed the platforme of the Temple, Moses had come downe from the Mount after his last fourtie dayes fast, and brought the people the injunction and platforme for making the Tabernacle. in the fourteenth yeare after the citie was smitten] The fourteenth yeare from the eleventh of Zedekiah, when the City was destroyed and the Temple burnt, 2 King. 25. 2, 3. 8, 9. which fourteene added to the eleven of Zedekiah, make up the five and twentie mentioned immediately before. the hand of the LORD was upon me] That is, the Spirit of Prophecie, as Chap. 1. 3. &37. 1. brought me thither] To the citie that had beene smitten.