2 Chronicles 16:14 “And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the C…”

2 Chronicles 16:14

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They buried him in his own tomb, which he had dug out for himself in David’s city, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.

American Standard Version

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they buryed him in one of his sepulchres, which he had made for him selfe in the citie of Dauid, and layed him in the bed, which they had filled with sweete odours and diuers kindes of spices made by the arte of the apoticarie: and they burnt odours for him with an exceeding great fire.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and they bury him in [one of] his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] hath filled [with] spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning — very great.

Bible in Basic English

And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.

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Cross references

“his own sepulchres”

2 Chronicles 35:24 Isaiah 22:16 John 19:41 John 19:42

2 Chronicles 35:24 · BSB

So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

Isaiah 22:16 · BSB

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

John 19:41 · BSB

Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

John 19:42 · BSB

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

“sweet odours”

Genesis 50:2 Mark 16:1 John 19:39 John 19:40

Genesis 50:2 · BSB

And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

Mark 16:1 · BSB

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

John 19:39 · BSB

Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

John 19:40 · BSB

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

“the apothecaries' art”

Exodus 30:25–37 Ecclesiastes 10:1

Exodus 30:25–37 · BSB

Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.

Ecclesiastes 10:1 · BSB

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

“a very great”

2 Chronicles 21:19 Jeremiah 34:5

2 Chronicles 21:19 · BSB

This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his…

Jeremiah 34:5 · BSB

you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.

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