Chebar
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river in the land of the Chaldeans [Ezek 1:3 ], where some Israelites were placed during the captivity and where Ezekiel had several significant visions [Ezek 1:1 ; Ezek 3:15 , 23; Ezek 10:15 , 20]. Ch. is usually identified with *Habor or *Gozan, where part of the captives were also located [2Kgs 17:6 ]. This is merely a conjecture. Ezekiel's Ch. is according to some Naru Malcha, the largest royal canal of Nebuchadnezzar southeast of the city of Babylon.
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Chebar
length, a river in the "land of the Chaldeans" (Ezek 1:3 ), on the banks of which were located some of the Jews of the Captivity (Ezek 1:1 ; 3:15; 3:23; 10:15; 10:20; 10:22). It has been supposed to be identical with the river Habor, the Chaboras, or modern Khabour, which falls into the Euphrates at Circesium. To the banks of this river some of the Israelites were removed by the Assyrians (2Kings 17:6). 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.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary