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- More probably the Chebar is the nahr Malcha, Nebuchadnezzar's royal canal, the greatest (Chabeer means great) in Mesopotamia. The captives may have been made to excavate the channel.
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Nebuchadnezzar settled a colony of Jewish exiles on the banks of the Chebar (Ezek 1:1); and Ezekiel saw his earlier visions as he ministered here (1:1, 3; 3:15, 23; 10:15, 20). Whether Chebar was dug with the forced labor of Jewish captives is unknown.
CHEBAR. ke'-bar (kebhar, "joining" (Young), "length" (Strong); Chobar): The river by the side of which his first vision was vouchsafed to Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:1). It is described as in "the land of the Chaldeans," and is not, therefore, to be sought in northern Mesopotamia.
Aug 15, 2017 · The Babylonian word for river can also mean “canal” and the accepted meaning of “Chebar” is “the Grand Canal”. Apparently Jewish exile communities including one called Tel-Abib (Ezekiel 3:15) were situated near this canal.
An opinion that has much to support it is that the "Chebar" was the royal canal of Nebuchadnezzar, the Nahr Malcha, the greatest in Mesopotamia, which connected the Tigris with the Euphrates, in the excavation of which the Jewish captives were probably employed.
Since this town is virtually bisected by Shatt el-Nil, a canal that leaves the Euphrates north of Babylon and reenters it south of Warka (biblical Erech; Akk. Uruk), the Chebar canal is most likely the modern silted-up Shatt el-Nil.
May 21, 2017 · The Chebar Canal. The Chebar canal is the Nār Kabari that appears in legal and administrative cuneiform texts of the “long sixth century” (626-477 BCE). [8]
Oct 13, 2021 · Che´bar, a river of Mesopotamia, upon the banks of which king Nebuchadnezzar planted a colony of Jews, among whom was the prophet Ezekiel (; ; ; ; ; ; ). This is without doubt the same river that was known among the Greeks as the Chaboras, and which now bears the name of Khabour.
