Jeremiah 52:13

13 He burned the Temple of God to the ground, went on to the royal palace, and then finished off the city. He burned the whole place down.

Jeremiah 52:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:13

And burnt the house of the Lord
The temple built by Solomon, after it had stood four hundred and seventy years, six months, and ten days, according to Josephus ^F26: but the Jews say it stood but four hundred ten years ^F1: and the king's house;
the royal palace; probably that which was built by Solomon, ( 1 Kings 7:1 ) ; and all the houses of Jerusalem:
of any note or strength: and all the houses of the great [men] burnt he with fire;
of the princes and nobles in Jerusalem; it is in the singular number, "and every house of the great one"; or "every great house" ^F2; Jarchi interprets it of the synagogue, where prayer was magnified; and others, he says, understood it of the schools, where the law was magnified.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Autiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5.
F1 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 3. 2. & Gloss. in ib.
F2 (lwdgh tyb lk taw) "omnem domum magnatis", Cocceius; "omnemque domum magnam", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 52:13 In-Context

11 Securely handcuffed, Zedekiah was hauled off to Babylon. The king of Babylon threw him in prison, where he stayed until the day he died.

12 In the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon on the seventh day of the fifth month, Nebuzaradan, the king of Babylon's chief deputy, arrived in Jerusalem.

13 He burned the Temple of God to the ground, went on to the royal palace, and then finished off the city. He burned the whole place down.

14 He put the Babylonian troops he had with him to work knocking down the city walls.

15 Finally, he rounded up everyone left in the city, including those who had earlier deserted to the king of Babylon, and took them off into exile.