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the Chaldeans," and is not, therefore, to be sought in northern Mesopotamia. This rules out the Habor, the modern Chabour, with which it is often identified.
Where is Chebar in the Bible?
The Chebar was a major canal or waterway located in Babylonia, in the region of the Chaldeans east of the city of Nippur. This waterway is significant in biblical history as the location where the prophet Ezekiel received his powerful visions from God while in exile during the Babylonian captivity. Ezekiel's encounters with divine visions by the Chebar River form the foundation of the entire book of Ezekiel and include his famous vision of God's throne chariot. The Chebar River thus holds theological importance as a place where God communicated directly with His prophet during Israel's exile, demonstrating God's presence and purpose even in a foreign land.
Chebar
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)the Chaldeans," and is not, therefore, to be sought in northern Mesopotamia. This rules out the Habor, the modern Chabour, with which it is often identified. The two names are radically distinct: chabhor could not be derived from kebhar. One of the great Babylonian canals is doubtless intended. Hilprecht found mention made of (naru) kabaru, one of these canals large enough to be navigable, to the East of Nippur, "in the land of the Chaldeans." This "great canal" he identifies with the rood. shaTT en-Nil, in which probably we should recognize the ancient Chebar.
W. Ewing
(mucar): Occurs in Job 20:3 the King James Version, "I have heard the check of my reproach" (the Revised Version (British and American) "the reproof which putteth me to shame"), i.e.