NUMBER ELEVEN (11-4)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

0. Introduction

a) The importance of the number eleven is that it signifies disorder and judgment and is used 24 times in Scripture. The designation "11th" is used 19 times in scripture. Coming after 10 (law and responsibility), the number 11 represents the opposite - the irresponsibility of breaking the Law, which brings disorder and judgment. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 11 can be found in the Bible.

1. Reigns of eleven years

a) Johoiakim reigned eleven years when Nebuchadnezzar came up and began his disintegrating work on Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:36, 34:1; 2Chronicles 36:5,6). Zedekiah reigned eleven years when Nebuchadnezzar completed the work by putting an end to Israel's rule in Jerusalem (2Chronicles 36:11; Jeremiah 52:1), for "in the eleventh year the city was broken up" (Jeremiah 39:2).



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