John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 52:13

"and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king`s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire." — Jeremiah 52:13 (ASV)

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 ^F26 : but the Jews say it stood but four hundred ten years ^F1 :

and the king's house ;
the royal palace; probably that which was built by Solomon, (1 Kings 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" ^F2 ; Jarchi interprets it of the synagogue, where prayer was magnified; and others, he says, understood it of the schools, where the law was magnified.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: Autiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5.
• F1: T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 3. 2. & Gloss. in ib.
• F2: (lwdgh tyb lk taw) "omnem domum magnatis", Cocceius; "omnemque domum magnam", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.