Sixth year — Of Jeconiah's captivity. Sixth month — Elul or our August. The elders — The chief of those that were now in captivity. They were come either to spend the sabbath in religious exercises, or to enquire what would become of their brethren in Jerusalem. The hand — The spirit of prophecy.
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Ezekiel 8:1
1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.