Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 52:13

And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great [men], burned he with fire:

13. every great house ] We must render as mg. every great man’s house, but the Heb. expression is a strange one.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Houses of the great – Rather, every great house; i. e., the larger houses only.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. And burned the house of the Lord] Thus perished this magnificent structure, after it had stood four hundred and twenty-four years three months and eight days. It was built A.M. 2992, and destroyed A.M. 3416.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

13. all the houses . . . and all thehouses of the greatthe “and” defines what housesespecially are meant, namely, the houses of the great men.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 z: but the Jews say it stood but four hundred ten years a:

and the king’s house; the royal palace; probably that which was built by Solomon, 1Ki 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” b; Jarchi interprets it of the synagogue, where prayer was magnified; and others, he says, understood it of the schools, where the law was magnified.

z Autiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5. a T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 3. 2. Gloss. in ib. b “omnem domum magnatis”, Cocceius “omnemque domum magnam”, Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(13) All the houses of the great men.More accurately, all the great houses.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

13. All the houses of the great Literally, every house the great. “The meaning is, that only the larger houses were burned; and as the article here is intensive, it should be rendered all the largest houses.” Speaker’s Commentary.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments