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2 Chronicles 16:14
14And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer's art; and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles 16:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
- New International Version (NIV)They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning for him.
Context of 2 Chronicles 16:14
12And Asa in the thirty-ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was extremely great; yet in his disease he did not seek Jehovah, but the physicians. 13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one-and-fortieth year of his reign. And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer's art; and they made a very great burning for him.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 162 Chronicles 16:14 word by word
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה עַד־לִמְאֹֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
- buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
- cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
- bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
- filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- spicesבֶּ֫שֶׂםbeώem bôώem · spiceH1314
- kindsזַןzan · kindH2177
- veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- burningשְׂרֵפָהώerêphâh · fireH8316
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 16:14
- 2 Chronicles 35:24And his servants took him out from the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
- Isaiah 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?
- John 19:41But there was in the place where he had been crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.
- Genesis 50:2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Mark 16:1And the sabbath being [now] past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him.
- John 19:39And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds [weight].
- Exodus 30:25and make of it an oil of holy ointment, a perfume of perfumery after the work of the perfumer: it shall be the holy anointing oil.
- Ecclesiastes 10:1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.
- 2 Chronicles 21:19And it came to pass, from day to day, and at the time when the second year was drawing to a close, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died in cruel sufferings. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
- Jeremiah 34:5thou shalt die in peace, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they burn for thee; and they will lament for thee, Ah, lord! for I have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 16:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And laid him in the bed - It is very likely that the body of Asa was burnt; that the bed spoken of here was a funeral pyre, on which much spices and odoriferous woods had been placed; and then they set fire to the whole and consumed the body with the aromatics. Some think the body was not burned, but the aromatics only, in honor of the king. How the ancients treated the bodies of the illustrious dead we learn from Virgil, in the funeral rites paid to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The explanation of the plural - “sepulchres” - will be seen in 1 Kings 13:30 note. The burning of spices in honor of a king at his funeral was customary (compare the marginal references).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Asa received an honorable burial despite his sins. During his life, he made extravagant plans for his burial, including carving out his own tomb. Asa might have been imitating the pharaohs of Egypt with these preparations. The tradition of a large funeral fire is not mentioned outside of Chronicles and Jeremiah (compare Jeremiah 34:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. they buried him in his own sepulchres--The tombs in the neighborhood of Jerusalem were excavated in the side of a rock. One cave contained several tombs or sepulchres. laid him in the bed ... filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices--It is evident that a sumptuous public funeral was given him as a tribute of respect and gratitude for his pious character and patriotic government. But whether "the bed" means a state couch on which he lay…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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