Jeremiah 52:13

13 He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned 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 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.

12 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

13 He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

14 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

15 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans.