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John the Baptist and were also familiar with the baptism of Gentile converts to Judaism (prose-
lytes).
“In the name of Jesus Christ.”For the new believer, it was a crucial but costly identification to
accept.“For the remission of sins.”This might better be translated “because of the remission of sins.”
Baptism does not produce forgiveness and cleansing from sin.The reality of forgiveness precedes
the rite of baptism (v. 41). Genuine repentance brings from God the forgiveness (remission) of sins
(Eph. 1:7); and because of that, the new believer was to be baptized.
“Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”The one-time act by which God places His Spirit into the
believer’s life.

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the rest of the multitude. But the captain of
JUNE 18 the guard left some of the poor of the land as
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vinedressers and farmers. The bronze pillars
that were in the house of the LORD, and the
carts and the bronze Sea that were in the
2 Kings 25:1–30
house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in
Now it came to pass in the ninth year of pieces, and carried their bronze to Babylon.
25 his reign, in the tenth month, on the 14 They also took away the pots, the shovels, the
tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze uten-
king of Babylon and all his army came against sils with which the priests ministered. The
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Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold
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built a siege wall against it all around. So the and solid silver, the captain of the guard took
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city was besieged until the eleventh year of away. The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts,
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King Zedekiah. By the ninth day of the fourth which Solomon had made for the house of the
month the famine had become so severe in LORD, the bronze of all these articles was
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the city that there was no food for the people beyond measure. The height of one pillar was
of the land. eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of
4 Then the city wall was broken through, and bronze. The height of the capital was three
all the men of war fled at night by way of the cubits, and the network and pomegranates all
gate between two walls, which was by the around the capital were all of bronze. The sec-
king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans ond pillar was the same, with a network.
were still encamped all around against the city. 18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah
And the king went by way of the plain. But the the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest,
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army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and and the three doorkeepers. He also took out
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they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All of the city an officer who had charge of the
his army was scattered from him. So they took men of war, five men of the king’s close associ-
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the king and brought him up to the king of ates who were found in the city, the chief
Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judg- recruiting officer of the army, who mustered
ment on him. Then they killed the sons of the people of the land, and sixty men of the
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Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of people of the land who were found in the city.
Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and 20 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took
took him to Babylon. these and brought them to the king of Babylon
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8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day at Riblah. Then the king of Babylon struck
of the month (which was the nineteenth year them and put them to death at Riblah in the
of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a ser- captive from its own land.
vant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusa- 22 Then he made Gedaliah the son of
lem. He burned the house of the LORD and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over
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the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, the people who remained in the land of Judah,
that is, all the houses of the great, he burned whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had
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with fire. And all the army of the Chaldeans left. Now when all the captains of the armies,
who were with the captain of the guard broke they and their men, heard that the king of
down the walls of Jerusalem all around. Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they
11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son
guard carried away captive the rest of the peo- of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah,
ple who remained in the city and the defectors Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netopha-
who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with thite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite,
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