John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 52:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And burnt the house of the Lord, etc.] The temple built by Solomon, after it had stood four hundred and seventy years, six months, and ten days, according to Josephusf1105: but the Jews say it stood but four hundred ten yearsf1106: and the king’s house; the royal palace; probably that which was built by Solomon, (<110701>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”f1107; 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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