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Jeremiah 52:13

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:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard,.... Which he brought with him from Riblah, or were left at Jerusalem by those that pursued after Zedekiah when the city was…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 52:12-23

We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

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