The Vision Of The Valley Of Dry Bones

And who are these dead whom Ezekiel revived? Rabbi Yochanan said: these are the dead of the Valley of Dura. And Rabbi Yochanan said: from the river Eshel to Rabbath is the Valley of Dura, for when the wicked Nebuchadnezzar exiled Israel, there were among them young men who outshone the sun with their beauty. Our Rabbis taught: At the time when the wicked Nebuchadnezzar cast Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah into the fiery furnace, the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Ezekiel: Go and revive the dead in the Valley of Dura. Once he revived them, the bones came and struck that wicked one upon his face. He said: What is the nature of these? They said to him: The companion of these is reviving the dead in the Valley of Dura. For it was taught: Rabbi Eliezer says: the dead whom Ezekiel revived stood upon their feet and recited a song and died. Rabbi Eliezer the son of Rabbi Yose the Galilean says: the dead whom Ezekiel revived went up to the Land of Israel, and married wives and begot sons and daughters.