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2 Kings 25:9

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Jerusalem;   Month;   Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan);   Temple;   Zedekiah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Solomon's Temple;   Temple;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Jerusalem;   Palaces;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Exile;   Gedaliah;   Israel;   Jeremiah;   Jerusalem;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Lamentations;   Temple;   War;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Exile;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Nebuzaradan;   Temple, Solomon's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nebuzaradan;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Diaspora;   Exile;   Guard;   Nebuzaradan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Lamentations, Book of;   Nebuzaradan;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Fast, Fasting;   Nebuzaradan ;   Regemmelech ;   Sherezer ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Temple;   Zedekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ab, Ninth Day of;   Johanan B. Zakkai;  

Parallel Translations

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.
Hebrew Names Version
He burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Yerushalayim, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
King James Version
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.
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.
New Century Version
Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord and the palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building was burned.
New English Translation
He burned down the Lord 's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
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.
World English Bible
He burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And burnt the house of the Lord, and the Kings house, and all the houses of Ierusalem, and all the great houses burnt he 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.
Berean Standard Bible
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem-every significant building.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
He burned down the house of Adonai , the royal palace and all the houses in Yerushalayim — every notable person's house he burned to the ground.
Darby Translation
and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great [man's] house he burned with fire.
Easy-to-Read Version
Nebuzaradan burned the Lord 's Temple, the king's palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. He destroyed even the largest houses.
George Lamsa Translation
And he burned the house of the LORD and the kings house; and all the houses of Jerusalem and all the houses of the princes he burned with fire.
Good News Translation
He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem,
Lexham English Bible
He burned the temple of Yahweh, the palace of the king, and all of the houses of Jerusalem; every large house he burned with fire.
Literal Translation
And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; yea, he burned every great house with fire.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and brent ye house of the LORDE, and the kynges house, & all the houses at Ierusalem, and all the greate houses brent he with fyre.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And burnt the house of the Lord, and the kinges house, and all the houses of Hierusalem, and all great houses burnt he with fire.
JPS Old Testament (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.
King James Version (1611)
And hee burnt the house of the Lord, and the kings house, and all the houses of Ierusalem, and euery great mans house burnt he with fire.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he brente the hows of the Lord, and the hows of the king, and the housis of Jerusalem, and he brente bi fier ech hows;
Update Bible Version
And he burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burnt 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.
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 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.
New Life Bible
He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.
New Revised Standard
He burned the house of the Lord , the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and burned the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king, - yea, all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man's house, burned he with fire.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burnt with fire.
Revised 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.
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;
New American Standard Bible (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.

Contextual Overview

8On the seventh day of the fifth month in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9He burned the house (temple) of the LORD, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.10All the army of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) who were with the captain of the bodyguard tore down the walls around Jerusalem. 11Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard deported [into exile] the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had joined the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 12But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the unimportant and poorest people of the land to be vineyard workers and farmers. 13Now the Chaldeans (Babylonians) smashed the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD and their bases and the bronze sea (large basin) which were in the house of the LORD, and carried the bronze to Babylon. 14They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze articles which were used in the temple service, 15the captain of the bodyguard also took away the firepans and basins, anything made of fine gold and anything made of fine silver. 16The two pillars, the one sea (large basin), and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the bronze of all these articles was incalculable. 17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits (27 ft.), and a capital of bronze was on top of it. The height of the capital was three cubits (4.5 ft.); a network (lattice work) and pomegranates around the capital were all of bronze. And the second pillar had the same as these, with a network.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he burnt: 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Psalms 74:3-7, Psalms 79:1, Isaiah 64:10, Isaiah 64:11, Jeremiah 7:14, Jeremiah 26:9, Lamentations 1:10, Lamentations 2:7, Micah 3:12, Luke 21:5, Luke 21:6, Acts 6:13, Acts 6:14

the king's: Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 37:8, Jeremiah 37:10, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:13, Amos 2:5

Reciprocal: Joshua 6:24 - burnt 1 Kings 9:7 - will I cut Psalms 74:7 - cast fire into thy sanctuary Isaiah 24:10 - city Isaiah 27:9 - when Isaiah 32:14 - the palaces Isaiah 42:25 - and it hath Jeremiah 17:27 - shall devour Jeremiah 32:29 - and set Jeremiah 41:5 - to the Lamentations 2:5 - he hath swallowed up Israel Lamentations 4:1 - How is the gold Ezekiel 7:21 - General Ezekiel 10:2 - scatter Ezekiel 16:41 - burn Ezekiel 22:21 - and blow Amos 6:11 - he will Zechariah 7:3 - fifth

Cross-References

Genesis 25:9
So his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre,
Genesis 25:10
the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean (Syrian) of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 25:29
Jacob had cooked [reddish-brown lentil] stew [one day], when Esau came from the field and was famished;
Genesis 25:30
and Esau said to Jacob, "Please, let me have a quick swallow of that red stuff there, because I am exhausted and famished." For that reason Esau was [also] called Edom (Red).
Genesis 35:29
Isaac's spirit departed and he died and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death], an old man full of days (satisfied, fulfilled); his sons Esau and Jacob buried him [in the cave of Machpelah with his parents Abraham and Sarah].
Genesis 50:13
for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He burnt the house of the Lord - Compare the prophecies of Jeremiah Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 34:2; Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah 38:23.Psalms 79:1-13; Psalms 79:1-13 is thought to have been written soon after this destruction of the temple.


 
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