2 Kings 25:9
New International Version
He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

New Living Translation
He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.

English Standard Version
And he burned the house of the LORD and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

Berean Standard Bible
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

King James Bible
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

New King James Version
He burned the house of the LORD and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.

New American Standard Bible
And he burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

NASB 1995
He burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

NASB 1977
And he burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he burned the house of Yahweh, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

Amplified Bible
He burned the house (temple) of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

Christian Standard Bible
He burned the LORD’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He burned the LORD’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

American Standard Version
And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

Contemporary English Version
Nebuzaradan burned down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

English Revised Version
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He burned down the LORD's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.

Good News Translation
He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem,

International Standard Version
and set fire to the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He even incinerated the lavish homes.

Majority Standard Bible
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

NET Bible
He burned down the LORD's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

New Heart English Bible
He burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house he burnt with fire.

World English Bible
He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he burns the house of YHWH, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, indeed, he has burned every great house with fire;

Young's Literal Translation
and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, yea, every great house he hath burned with fire;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will burn the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burnt in fire.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and the houses of Jerusalem, and every house he burnt with fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king. And the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house, he burned with fire.

New American Bible
He burned the house of the LORD, the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem (every noble house); he destroyed them by fire.

New Revised Standard Version
He burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem and all the houses of the princes he burned with fire.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he burned his house of LORD JEHOVAH and the house of the King and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every house of the Princes he burned in fire.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man's house, burnt he with fire.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every house did the captain of the guard burn.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Temple Destroyed
8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. 9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem— every significant building. 10And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Jeremiah 39:8
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 2:7
The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.

Ezekiel 24:21
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

Psalm 74:7
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

Nehemiah 1:3
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Daniel 9:17
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

Matthew 24:2
“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Luke 21:6
“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Mark 13:2
“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Jeremiah 7:14
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.


Treasury of Scripture

And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

he burnt.

1 Kings 9:8
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

Psalm 74:3-7
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary…

the king's.

Jeremiah 34:22
Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 37:8,10
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire…

Jeremiah 39:8
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

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2 Kings 25
1. Jerusalem is besieged.
4. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.
8. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;
13. and carries away the treasures.
18. The nobles are slain at Riblah.
22. Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.
27. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.














He burned down
The phrase "He burned down" refers to the deliberate act of destruction carried out by the Babylonian forces under King Nebuchadnezzar. The Hebrew root for "burned" is "שָׂרַף" (saraph), which means to consume by fire. This act of burning was not just a military tactic but a symbolic gesture of total conquest and divine judgment. Fire, in biblical terms, often represents purification and judgment, indicating that this destruction was a fulfillment of prophetic warnings given to Judah for their persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.

the house of the LORD
This refers to Solomon's Temple, the central place of worship for the Israelites and the dwelling place of God's presence among His people. The Hebrew term for "house" is "בַּיִת" (bayith), and "LORD" is "יְהוָה" (YHWH), the sacred name of God. The destruction of the Temple was a devastating blow to the Israelites, symbolizing the departure of God's presence and favor. It fulfilled the warnings of prophets like Jeremiah, who had foretold that the people's unfaithfulness would lead to such a calamity.

the royal palace
The royal palace was the seat of the Davidic kings, representing the political and dynastic stability of Judah. The Hebrew word for "palace" is "בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ" (beth ha-melech), meaning "house of the king." Its destruction signified the end of the Davidic reign in Jerusalem, a significant moment in Israel's history that underscored the consequences of turning away from God's covenant.

and all the houses of Jerusalem
This phrase indicates the comprehensive nature of the destruction. "All the houses" suggests that the devastation was not limited to religious and royal structures but extended to the common dwellings of the people. The Hebrew word for "houses" is again "בַּיִת" (bayith), emphasizing the totality of the destruction. This act left the city desolate, fulfilling the prophecies of desolation due to the people's sins.

every significant building
The term "significant" in Hebrew is "גָּדוֹל" (gadol), meaning great or important. This indicates that the Babylonians targeted not just any structures but those of importance and prominence, further emphasizing the thoroughness of the destruction. The loss of these buildings represented the collapse of societal and cultural life in Jerusalem, a poignant reminder of the consequences of forsaking God's commandments.

(9) He burnt the house . . . king's house.--Which were in the upper city. (There should be a semicolon after "king's house.")

And every great man's house.--Omit man's. The phrase limits the preceding one, "all the houses of Jerusalem," that is to say, "every great house" (2Chronicles 36:19, "all her palaces"). The common houses were spared for the poor who were left (2Kings 25:12).

Verse 9. - And he burnt the house of the Lord. After it had stood, according to Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 10:8. § 5), four hundred and seventy years six months and ten days. This calculation, however, seems to exceed the truth. Neither the Assyrians nor the Babylonians had any regard for the gods of other nations. They everywhere burnt the temples, plundered the shrines, and carried off the images as trophies of victory. In the temple of Jerusalem they would find no images except those of the two cherubim (1 Kings 6:23-28), which they probably took away with them. And the king's house (see 1 Kings 7:1, 8-12; 2 Kings 11:16). The royal palace was, perhaps, almost as magnificent as the temple; and its destruction was almost as great a loss to art. It doubtless contained Solomon's throne of ivory (1 Kings 10:18), to which there was an ascent by six steps, with two sculptured lions on each step. And all the houses of Jerusalem. This statement is qualified by the words of the following clause, which show that only the houses of the princes and great men were purposely set on fire. Many of the remaining habitations may have perished in the conflagration, but some probably escaped, and were inhabited by "the poor of the land." And every great man's house burnt he with fire (comp. 2 Chronicles 36:19, where the Chaldeans are said to have burnt "all the palaces").

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He burned down
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (way·yiś·rōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8313: To be, on fire

the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the royal
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

palace,
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the houses
בָּתֵּ֧י (bāt·tê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jerusalem—
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

significant
גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

building.
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house


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