Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 25:9
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.
9. every great man’s house burnt he with fire ] R.V. omits ‘man’s’. The expression in 2 Chronicles is ‘he burnt all the palaces thereof with fire’.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He burnt the house of the Lord – Compare the prophecies of Jeremiah Jer 21:10; Jer 34:2; Jer 38:18, Jer 38:23. Psa 79:1-13 is thought to have been written soon after this destruction of the temple.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
He burnt the house of the Lord, which had now stood about four hundred and fifty years.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 2Ki 25:8]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) He burnt the house . . . kings house.Which were in the upper city. (There should be a semicolon after kings house.)
And every great mans house.Omit mans. The phrase limits the preceding one, all the houses of Jerusalem, that is to say, every great house (2Ch. 36:19, all her palaces). The common houses were spared for the poor who were left (2Ki. 25:12).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
9. All the houses of Jerusalem All the principal houses, or, as the next sentence explains, the houses of all the chief citizens. 2Ch 36:19 has, all the palaces. Thus all the architectural glory of the ancient Jerusalem temple, palaces, and noble edifices was reduced to a mass of ruins.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 25:9. He burned the house of the Lord Josephus tells us, that the temple was burned four hundred and seventy years, six months, and ten days after the building of it; one thousand and sixty years, six months, and ten days from the time of the Israelites’ coming out of the land of Egypt; one thousand nine hundred and fifty years, six months, and ten days from the deluge; and three thousand five hundred and thirty years, six months, and ten days from the creation;* and he mentions it as a very remarkable circumstance, that the second temple was burned by the Romans in the same month: and on the very same day of the month, that this was set on fire by the Chaldeans; and, as some of the Jewish rabbis say, when the Levites were singing the very same passage; the 23rd verse of the 94th Psalm. See Antiq. lib. 10: cap. 11.
* Archbishop Usher’s chronology does not here agree with that of Josephus.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
2Ki 25:9 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.
Ver. 9. And he burnt the house of the Lord. ] Which had now stood about four hundred and fifty years. With this house were burnt, say some ancients, all the copies of the holy Scriptures; but that is not likely.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
great man’s house. See note on Pro 17:19.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he burnt: 1Ki 9:8, 2Ch 36:19, Psa 74:3-7, Psa 79:1, Isa 64:10, Isa 64:11, Jer 7:14, Jer 26:9, Lam 1:10, Lam 2:7, Mic 3:12, Luk 21:5, Luk 21:6, Act 6:13, Act 6:14
the king’s: Jer 34:22, Jer 37:8, Jer 37:10, Jer 39:8, Jer 52:13, Amo 2:5
Reciprocal: Jos 6:24 – burnt 1Ki 9:7 – will I cut Psa 74:7 – cast fire into thy sanctuary Isa 24:10 – city Isa 27:9 – when Isa 32:14 – the palaces Isa 42:25 – and it hath Jer 17:27 – shall devour Jer 32:29 – and set Jer 41:5 – to the Lam 2:5 – he hath swallowed up Israel Lam 4:1 – How is the gold Eze 7:21 – General Eze 10:2 – scatter Eze 16:41 – burn Eze 22:21 – and blow Amo 6:11 – he will Zec 7:3 – fifth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 25:9. And he burnt the house of the Lord The king of Babylon, it appears, did not design to send any colonies to people Judea, and therefore ordered Jerusalem to be laid in ashes, as a nest of rebels. At the burning of the kings house, says Henry, and the houses of the great men, one cannot much wonder, the inhabitants had by their sins kindled the fire of Gods wrath against them; but that the house of the Lord should perish in these flames, that that holy and beautiful house should be burned with fire, (Isa 64:11,) is very strange; that house which David prepared for, and which Solomon built, at such a vast expense; that house which had the eye and the heart of God perpetually upon it, (1Ki 9:3,) might not that have been snatched as a brand out of the burning? No, that will not be fireproof against Gods judgments; this stately structure must be laid in ashes, and it is probable the ark in it; for the enemies, probably having heard how dear the Philistines paid for the abusing it, durst not seize it; nor did any of its friends take care to preserve it; for then we should have heard of it again in the second temple. The temple was burned four hundred years after the time that it was built, says Sir John Marsham; four hundred and twenty-four years three months and eight days, says Archbishop Usher; four hundred thirty years, says Abarbinel and other learned Jews; but Josephus computes the matter still higher; for he tells us that the temple was burned four hundred and seventy years six months and ten days after the building of it; one thousand and sixty years six months and ten days from the time of the Israelites coming out of the land of Egypt; one thousand nine hundred, and fifty years six months and ten days from the deluge; three thousand five hundred and thirty years six months and ten days from the creation; and he mentions it as a very remarkable circumstance, that the second temple was burned by the Romans in the same month and on the very same day of the month that this was set on fire by the Chaldeans, and, as some of the Jewish rabbis say, when the Levites were singing the very same passage, namely, He shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness: yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off, Psa 94:23. By the burning of the temple, God would show how little he cares for the external pomp of his worship, when the life and power of religion are neglected. The people trusted to the temple, as if that would protect them in their sins, (Jer 7:4,) but God by this let them know that when they had profaned it, they would find it but a refuge of lies.