In the fifth [day] of the month, which [was] the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Ver. 2. In the fifth day.] The Sabbath day, likely, that queen of days, as the Jews call it. See on Ezekiel 1:1 .
Which was the fifth year of Jehoiakim's captivity.] With whom Ezekiel and other precious persons, called by Jeremiah good figs, were carried captive. Eze 40:1