2 Kings 25 · Verse 9

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.
2 Kings 25:9, King James Version

2 Kings 25:9 in other translations

BSBHe burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
WEBHe burned the LORD’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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;
DARBYand 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.
BBEAnd 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;
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Kings 25:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:8-18

8-18. on the seventh day of the month ... came Nebuzar-adan--(compare Jr 52:12). In attempting to reconcile these two passages, it must be supposed either that, though he had set out on the seventh, he did not arrive in Jerusalem till the tenth, or that he did not put his orders in execution till that day. His office as captain of the guard (Ge 37:36; 39:1) called him to execute the awards of justice on criminals…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 25:8-21

The city and temple were burnt, and, it is probable, the ark in it. By this, God showed how little he cares for the outward pomp of his worship, when the life and power of religion are neglected. The walls of Jerusalem were thrown down, and the people carried captive to Babylon. The vessels of the temple were carried away. When the things signified were sinned away, what should the signs stand there for? It was…

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2 Kings 25:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףvai.yis.Rofand he burnedH8313
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְאֵ֨תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בָּתֵּ֧יba.Tei[the] houses ofH1004
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
בֵּ֥יתbeithouse ofH1004
גָּד֖וֹלga.Dola great [person]H1419
שָׂרַ֥ףsa.Rafhe burnedH8313
בָּאֵֽשׁ\׃ba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784

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Cross references for 2 Kings 25:9

  • Psalms 74:3-7

    Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. …

  • Amos 2:5

    But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 79:1

    A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

  • 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.

  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • Isaiah 64:10-11

    Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

  • 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:

  • Jeremiah 37:8

    And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

  • Acts 6:13-14

    And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

  • Jeremiah 37:10

    For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he burnt.
1Ki 9:8; 2Ch 36:19; Ps 74:3-7; 79:1; Isa 64:10,11; Jer 7:14; 26:9
La 1:10; 2:7; Mic 3:12; Lu 21:5,6; Ac 6:13,14
the king's.
Jer 34:22; 37:8,10; 39:8; 52:13; Am 2:5

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Context

  • 2 Kings 25:8

    And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

  • 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.

  • 2 Kings 25:10

    And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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2 Kings 25:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y quemó la casa de Jehová, y la casa del rey, y todas las casas de Jerusalem; y todas las casas de los príncipes quemó á fuego.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il brûla la maison de l’ Éternel, et la maison du roi, et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem; et il brûla par le feu toutes les grandes maisons.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er verbrannte das Haus Jehovas und das Haus des Königs; und alle Häuser Jerusalems und jedes große Haus verbrannte er mit Feuer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et succendit domum Domini, et domum regis: et domos Jerusalem, omnemque domum combussit igni.