2 Kings 25:9 “He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the ho…”

2 Kings 25:9

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He burned the LORD’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

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.

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;

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;

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Cross references

“he burnt”

Psalm 74:3–7 1 Kings 9:8 2 Chronicles 36:19 Psalm 79:1 Micah 3:12 Jeremiah 7:14

Psalm 74:3–7 · BSB

Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

1 Kings 9:8 · BSB

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

2 Chronicles 36:19 · BSB

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Psalm 79:1 · BSB

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Micah 3:12 · BSB

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Jeremiah 7:14 · BSB

therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.

“the king's”

Amos 2:5 Jeremiah 34:22 Jeremiah 37:8 Jeremiah 37:10 Jeremiah 52:13 Jeremiah 39:8

Amos 2:5 · BSB

So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 34:22 · BSB

Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inha…

Jeremiah 37:8 · BSB

Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

Jeremiah 37:10 · BSB

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

Jeremiah 52:13 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Jeremiah 39:8 · BSB

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

10And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

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