God’s Message to Judah from the Two Baskets of Figs

Jeremiah 24:1-10

2 Kings chapters 23 and 25 gives the orders and descriptions of how the last four evil kings of Judah ruled. First: King Shallum (aka Jehoahaz) reigned for three months – (2 Kings 23:30-33 and Jeremiah 22:11). Second: King Jehoiakim (fka Eliakim) reigned for eleven years – (2 Kings 23:34-37). Third: King Jeconiah (aka Coniah or Jehoiachin) reigned for three months (2 Kings 24:8-16). Fourth: King Zedekiah (fka Mattaniah) reigned for 11 years (2 Kings 24:17-25). Babylon invaded Judah three times: 605BC, 597BC, and 586 BC. It is during the second invasion of 597 BC that King Jeconiah (Coniah or Jehoiachin), his princes, craftsman and smiths were taken to Babylon. 

15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:15-16)

Pastor James W. Walker

March 8, 2026