Which prophet was among the exiles by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians when he saw his famous vision of the 'wheels'?
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Correct answer: Ezekiel
Ezekiel was a priest taken to Babylon in the second deportation (597 BC). He received his prophetic calling while living among the Jewish exiles by the Kebar canal.
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