John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 20:1

"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 inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me." — Ezekiel 20:1 (ASV)

Ver. 1. And it came to pass in the seventh year Of Zedekiah's Ezekiel 20:2

Then came the word of the Lord unto me While the elders were sitting before him, by an impulse upon his mind, dictating things unto him: saying : as follows: