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Literal Standard Version

2 Kings 25:9

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;

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.
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.
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

8And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it [is] the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, has come to Jerusalem, 9and 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;10and all the forces of the Chaldeans, who [are] with the chief of the executioners, have broken down the walls of Jerusalem all around. 11And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners has removed; 12and of the poor of the land the chief of the executioners has left for vinedressers and for farmers. 13And the pillars of bronze that [are] in the house of YHWH, and the bases, and the sea of bronze, that [is] in the house of YHWH, the Chaldeans have broken in pieces, and carry away their bronze to Babylon. 14And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they minister, they have taken; 15and the fire-pans, and the bowls that [are] wholly of silver, the chief of the executioners has taken. 16The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of YHWH, there was no weighing of the bronze of all these vessels; 17eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and the capital on it [is] of bronze, and the height of the capital [is] three cubits, and the net and the pomegranates [are] on the capital all around—the whole [is] of bronze; and the second pillar has like these, with the net.

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
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre—
Genesis 25:10
the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth—there Abraham has been buried, and his wife Sarah.
Genesis 25:20
and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramean, to him for a wife.
Genesis 25:29
And Jacob boils stew, and Esau comes in from the field, and he [is] weary;
Genesis 25:30
and Esau says to Jacob, "Please let me eat some of this red-red thing, for I [am] weary"; therefore [one] has called his name Edom;
Genesis 35:29
and Isaac expires, and dies, and is gathered to his people, aged and satisfied with days; and his sons Esau and Jacob bury him.
Genesis 50:13
and his sons carry him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

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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