Ezekiel 20:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Came to enquire. — It does not appear that the elders actually proposed their enquiry. It doubtless had relation not to personal affairs, but to the welfare of the nation, and in this prophecy the Lord meets their unspoken question.

Ezekiel 20:1

1 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 enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.