2 CHRONICLES 16:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
They buried him in the tomb which he had hewn out for himself in the City of David. And they laid him on a bed filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers' art; and they made a very great fire in his honor — Asa's funeral (וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אוֹתוֹ בִּקְבֻרָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר כָּרָה־לוֹ בְּעִיר דָּוִד וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־אוֹתוֹ עַל־הַמִּטָּה) was elaborate: a prepared tomb, aromatic spices, and a great funeral fire (וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־לוֹ בְּאִשׁ וַהֲנוּ עַם־רַב־עַד־מְאֹד). The honor acknowledged his earlier achievements.
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