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Jeremiah 24:1
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Good Figs and Bad Figs

24 The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim’s son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah from Jerusalem, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon.[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 24:1 sn See 2 Kgs 24:10-17 (especially vv. 14-16). Nebuchadnezzar left behind the poorest people of the land under the puppet king Zedekiah. Jeconiah has already been referred to earlier in 13:18 and 22:25-26. The deportation referred to here occurred in 597 b.c. and included the priest Ezekiel.
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