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They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor. <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/16.htm">New Living Translation</a> He was buried in the tomb he had carved out for himself in the City of David. He was laid on a bed perfumed with sweet spices and fragrant ointments, and the people built a huge funeral fire in his honor. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/16.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/16.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him. <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers&#8217 art; and they made a very great fire for him. <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And they buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him. <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him. <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire in his honor. <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments; then they made a great fire in his honor. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments; then they made a great fire in his honor. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Earlier, Asa had his own tomb cut out of a rock hill in Jerusalem. So he was buried there, and the tomb was filled with spices and sweet-smelling oils. Then the people built a bonfire in his honor. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They buried him in the tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bed full of spices and blended perfumes. And they burned a bonfire in his honor. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> and was buried in the rock tomb which he had carved out for himself in David's City. They used spices and perfumed oils to prepare his body for burial, and they built a huge bonfire to mourn his death. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/16.htm">NET Bible</a> He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They buried him in his own tomb that he had dug out in the City of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various kinds of sweet-scented herbs prepared by the perfumers' art, and they made a very great fire for him. <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they buried him in his own sepulchers which he had made 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 apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/16.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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] has filled [with] spices, and various kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn a very great burning for him. <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will bury him in his graves which he digged for himself in the city of David, and they will lay him down upon the bed which was filled with spices and sorts seasoned with aromatics of work. And they will burn for him a great burning, even to vehemence.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/16.htm">New American Bible</a> They buried him in the tomb he had hewn for himself in the City of David, after laying him on a couch that was filled with spices and various kinds of aromatics compounded into an ointment; and they kindled a huge fire for him. <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They buried him in the tomb that he had hewn out 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they buried him in his own sepulchre in the city of David, and they laid him on a bier which was filled with many kinds of spices, and they made a very great burnt offering for him. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he was buried in the tomb of David, and they laid him on a bier that was full of sweet spices and they burned a very great burning. <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 odours and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art; and they made a very great burning for him. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=3796" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/16.htm">The Death and Burial of Asa</a> …13So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers. 14<a href="/hebrew/6912.htm" title="6912: way·yiq·bə·ru·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To bury. A primitive root; to intern.">And he was buried</a> <a href="/hebrew/6913.htm" title="6913: ḇə·qiḇ·rō·ṯāw (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A grave, sepulcher. Or qibrah; from qabar; a sepulchre.">in the tomb</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3738.htm" title="3738: kā·rāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To dig, to plot, to bore, open. A primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open.">he had cut out</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: bə·‘îr (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">in the City</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">of David.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: way·yaš·kî·ḇu·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">They laid him</a> <a href="/hebrew/4904.htm" title="4904: bam·miš·kāḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Place of lying, a couch, act of lying. From shakab; a bed; abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse.">on a bier</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mil·lê (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">was full of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1314.htm" title="1314: bə·śā·mîm (N-mp) -- Spice, balsam, the balsam tree. Or bosem; from the same as basam; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant.">spices</a> <a href="/hebrew/2177.htm" title="2177: ū·zə·nîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Kind, sort. From zuwn; properly, nourished, i.e. A form or sort.">and various</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śeh (N-ms) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">blended</a> <a href="/hebrew/7543.htm" title="7543: mə·ruq·qā·ḥîm (V-Pual-Prtcpl-mp) -- To mix or compound oil or ointment. A primitive root; to perfume.">perfumes;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4842.htm" title="4842: bə·mir·qa·ḥaṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- An ointment mixture. From raqach; an aromatic unguent; also an unguent-pot."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·w·lāh (Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">then they made a great</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: lim·’ōḏ (Prep-l:: Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: way·yiś·rə·p̄ū- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8316.htm" title="8316: śə·rê·p̄āh (N-fs) -- A burning. From saraph; cremation.">in his honor.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/15-24.htm">1 Kings 15:24</a> And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place. <a href="/2_chronicles/21-20.htm">2 Chronicles 21:20</a> Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. <a href="/2_chronicles/24-16.htm">2 Chronicles 24:16</a> And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple. <a href="/2_chronicles/28-27.htm">2 Chronicles 28:27</a> And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-33.htm">2 Chronicles 32:33</a> And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place. <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Genesis 50:2-3</a> And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him, / taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. <a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26</a> So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt. <a href="/1_samuel/31-12.htm">1 Samuel 31:12-13</a> all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there. / Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days. <a href="/2_samuel/2-5.htm">2 Samuel 2:5</a> So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him. <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">2 Kings 9:34</a> Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.” <a href="/matthew/26-12.htm">Matthew 26:12</a> By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial. <a href="/mark/14-8.htm">Mark 14:8</a> She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial. <a href="/john/12-7.htm">John 12:7</a> “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial. <a href="/john/19-39.htm">John 19:39-40</a> Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. / So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom. <a href="/acts/8-2.htm">Acts 8:2</a> God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had made 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 apothecaries' are: and they made a very great burning for him.his own sepulchres<a href="/2_chronicles/35-24.htm">2 Chronicles 35:24</a> His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.<a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Isaiah 22:16</a> What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?<a href="/john/19-41.htm">John 19:41,42</a> Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid… made [heb] digged <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Genesis 50:2</a> And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.<a href="/mark/16-1.htm">Mark 16:1</a> And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.<a href="/john/19-39.htm">John 19:39,40</a> And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight… the apothecaries' art<a href="/exodus/30-25.htm">Exodus 30:25-37</a> And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil… <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:1</a> Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.a very great<a href="/2_chronicles/21-19.htm">2 Chronicles 21:19</a> And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.<a href="/jeremiah/34-5.htm">Jeremiah 34:5</a> But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/3-8.htm">Apothecaries</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-5.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-1.htm">Buried</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-6.htm">City</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-2.htm">Divers</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-24.htm">Dug</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-2.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-6.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-15.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-16.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Odors</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Odours</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm">Perfumers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-14.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-16.htm">Sepulchers</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-16.htm">Sepulchres</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-24.htm">Spices</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-11.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-16.htm">Tombs</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-2.htm">Various</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/3-8.htm">Apothecaries</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-1.htm">Buried</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-19.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-25.htm">City</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-3.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-4.htm">Divers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">Dug</a> <a href="/ezra/9-11.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-11.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-27.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-15.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/esther/2-12.htm">Odors</a> <a href="/ezra/6-10.htm">Odours</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-8.htm">Perfumers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-18.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-20.htm">Sepulchers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-20.htm">Sepulchres</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-27.htm">Spices</a> <a href="/ezra/6-10.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-20.htm">Tombs</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-4.htm">Various</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 16</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/16-1.htm">Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverts Baasha from building Ramah</a> 7. <a href="/2_chronicles/16-7.htm">Being reproved thereof by Hanani, he puts him in prison</a> 11. <a href="/2_chronicles/16-11.htm">Among his other acts in his disease he seeks not to God, but to the physicians</a> 13. <a href="/2_chronicles/16-13.htm">His death and burial</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. This phrase refers to King Asa of Judah, who reigned from approximately 911 to 870 BC. The City of David is a term used for Jerusalem, specifically the oldest settled part of the city. The practice of preparing one's own tomb was common among the wealthy and powerful, indicating Asa's status and foresight. The City of David holds significant historical and archaeological importance as the original nucleus of Jerusalem, where many kings of Judah were buried. This burial practice reflects the honor and respect given to Asa, despite his later years of faltering faith.They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; The use of spices and perfumes in burial was a sign of great honor and respect, often reserved for royalty and the wealthy. This practice was meant to mask the odor of decay and was a common custom in ancient Near Eastern cultures. The mention of a bier, a platform for carrying the body, indicates a formal and ceremonial aspect to the burial. The use of spices and perfumes is reminiscent of the burial of Jesus Christ, as described in the Gospels, where myrrh and aloes were used (<a href="/john/19-39.htm">John 19:39-40</a>), drawing a typological connection between Asa and Christ.then they made a great fire in his honor. The great fire likely refers to a large burning of spices and perfumes, a practice that signified mourning and respect. This was not a cremation, as cremation was not a common practice among the Israelites. Instead, it was a ceremonial act to honor the deceased. The fire symbolizes the high regard in which Asa was held by his people, despite his failures in the latter part of his reign. This act of honor reflects the cultural importance of memorializing leaders and the deep respect for the office of the king, even when the individual may have had personal shortcomings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/asa.htm">Asa</a> Asa was the king of Judah who reigned for 41 years. He is known for his initial faithfulness to God and his reforms to rid Judah of idolatry, but later in his reign, he relied on human alliances rather than God. 2. <a href="/topical/c/city_of_david.htm">City of David</a> This is a term often used to refer to Jerusalem, specifically the oldest settled part of the city. It is significant as the burial place of many of Judah's kings. 3. <a href="/topical/t/tomb.htm">Tomb</a> Asa had prepared a tomb for himself, indicating his foresight and the honor he expected in death. 4. <a href="/topical/s/spices_and_perfumes.htm">Spices and Perfumes</a> These were used in the burial process to honor the deceased and to mask the odor of decay, signifying respect and reverence. 5. <a href="/topical/g/great_fire.htm">Great Fire</a> This was a customary practice to honor a king, symbolizing the burning of incense and the offering of respect to the deceased.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_a_godly_legacy.htm">The Importance of a Godly Legacy</a> Asa's burial with honor reflects the respect he earned through his early faithfulness. Our actions today can impact how we are remembered. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_the_future.htm">Preparation for the Future</a> Asa prepared his tomb in advance, reminding us of the importance of planning for our future, both physically and spiritually. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_tradition_in_honoring_leaders.htm">The Role of Tradition in Honoring Leaders</a> The use of spices and a great fire shows the cultural practices of honoring leaders. We should consider how we honor those who have led us in faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_relying_on_human_strength.htm">The Danger of Relying on Human Strength</a> Asa's later years were marked by reliance on human alliances rather than God, serving as a warning to maintain our trust in God throughout our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_burial_practices.htm">The Significance of Burial Practices</a> The care taken in Asa's burial reflects the value placed on honoring the dead, encouraging us to consider how we show respect to those who have passed.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 16</a> <a href="/q/should_one_choose_burial_or_cremation.htm">Should one choose burial or cremation?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_burial.htm">What does the Bible say about Christian burial?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_burial_practices.htm">What does the Bible say about burial practices?</a> <a href="/q/why_link_god's_favor_to_david's_power.htm">1 Chronicles 14:2 - Why would God's favor be linked to David's increasing power and multiple wives, despite biblical warnings against polygamy elsewhere?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) And they buried him.--The particulars of this verse are also added by the chronicler.In his own sepulchres.--Not therefore in the ordinary tombs of the Kings. The plural sepulchres indicates a family tomb containing many cells.Which he had made.--Digged, or hewn out of the rock. (Comp. <a href="/job/3-14.htm" title="With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;">Job 3:14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm" title="What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high, and that engraves an habitation for himself in a rock?">Isaiah 22:16</a>.) Like the Pharaohs, Asa, who was a great and powerful sovereign, prepared his own last resting-place.Which was filled.--Literally, which one had filled.Sweet odours.--B?samim, "spices" (<a href="/2_chronicles/9-1.htm" title="And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.">2Chronicles 9:1</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/9-9.htm" title="And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.">2Chronicles 9:9</a>). Kinds. Heb., zenim, an Aramaic word common in the Targums, but in Old Testament Hebrew only found here and in <a href="/psalms/144-13.htm" title="That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:">Psalm 144:13</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - In his own sepulchres; Hebrew, קִבְרֹתָין; fem. plur. of קֶבֶר. The plural designates, of course, the range of burial compartments that formed the tomb of one person or family. So <a href="/job/17-1.htm">Job 17:1</a>, where the masc. plur. is used, קְבָרִים לִי. In the city of David (see note on 2 Chronicles 12:16). In the bed; Hebrew, מִשְׁכָּב. The use or associations of this word (found about fifty times) are almost entirely, if not entirely, those of the bed of nightly rest, even when not at the time speaking of nightly rest; and this is the first and only occasion that it is employed to link the grave in kindly analogy with the couch of bodily repose during lifetime. The fact might have suggested Bishop Ken's lines in the evening hymn - "Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed." In the present instance, however, the writer, whoever he was (query, was he the compiler of our Chronicles, or his original?), is doubt-leas led to the analogy by considerations mere earthly than those enshrined in Ken's hymn, viz. by the somewhat "vain show" of attractiveness and fragrance (probably designed partly for preservative purposes) with which the place was filled, and which were among even patriarchal indications of faith in a future state. Sweet odours; Hebrew, כְּשָׂמִים. Of the twenty-nine times that this word occurs in Exodus, Kings, and Chronicles, Esther, Canticles, Isaiah, and Ezekiel, it is rendered in the Authorized Vermon "spices" twenty-four times, "sweet cinnamon" once, "sweet calamus" once, and "sweet odours" or "sweet smell" three times. The chief and determining references are those in <a href="/exodus/25-6.htm">Exodus 25:6</a>; <a href="/exodus/30-23.htm">Exodus 30:23</a>; <a href="/exodus/35-8.htm">Exodus 35:8, 28</a>. And divers kinds; Hebrew, וּזְנִים; plur. of זַן; from the root, זָנַן; unused, but probably one with an Amble root, meaning "to shape;" hence our noun, meaning a kind or species, used here and <a href="/psalms/144-13.htm">Psalm 144:13</a> (where the margin renders literally, "from kind to kind"), and in the Chaldee of <a href="/daniel/3-5.htm">Daniel 3:5, 7, 10, 15</a>. Prepared; Hebrew, מְרֻקָּחִיס; solitary occurrence of pual conjugation of the root רָקַח, "to spice," i.e., to spice, season, or prepare oil for ointment purposes. This root occurs in kal future once (<a href="/exodus/30-33.htm">Exodus 30:33</a>); in kal part. poel five times (<a href="/exodus/30-25.htm">Exodus 30:25, 35</a>; <a href="/exodus/37-29.htm">Exodus 37:29</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/9-30.htm">1 Chronicles 9:30</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:1</a>); and in hiph. infin. once (<a href="/ezekiel/24-10.htm">Ezekiel 24:10</a>). By the apothecaries' art; Hebrew, בְמִרְקַחַת מַעֲשֲׂה. Translate the clause, and divers kinds compounded by the compounding of art, which means to say spices skilfully treated and wrought into ointments by professional hands. A very great burning; literally, and they burned for him a burning great even to an exceeding extent. The burning is not the burning of <a href="/1_samuel/31-12.htm">1 Samuel 31:12, 13</a> (comp. <a href="/2_samuel/21-10.htm">2 Samuel 21:10-12</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/10-12.htm">1 Chronicles 10:12</a>), but the burning of spices, indicated by the language of our <a href="/2_chronicles/21-19.htm">2 Chronicles 21:19</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/34-5.htm">Jeremiah 34:5</a>. <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And he was buried וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ (way·yiq·bə·ru·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6912.htm">Strong's 6912: </a> To inter in the tomb בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו (ḇə·qiḇ·rō·ṯāw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6913.htm">Strong's 6913: </a> A grave, sepulcher that אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he had cut out כָּֽרָה־ (kā·rāh-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3738.htm">Strong's 3738: </a> To dig, to plot, to bore, open for himself לוֹ֮ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> in the City בְּעִ֣יר (bə·‘îr) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement of David. דָּוִיד֒ (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse They laid him וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ (way·yaš·kî·ḇu·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> To lie down on a bier בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ (bam·miš·kāḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4904.htm">Strong's 4904: </a> Place of lying, a couch, act of lying that אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that was full of מִלֵּא֙ (mil·lê) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of spices בְּשָׂמִ֣ים (bə·śā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1314.htm">Strong's 1314: </a> Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant and various וּזְנִ֔ים (ū·zə·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2177.htm">Strong's 2177: </a> Nourished, a form, sort blended מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה (ma·‘ă·śeh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property perfumes; מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים (mə·ruq·qā·ḥîm) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4842.htm">Strong's 4842: </a> An aromatic unguent, an unguent-pot then they made a great גְּדוֹלָ֥ה (gə·ḏō·w·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent fire וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ (way·yiś·rə·p̄ū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> To be, on fire in his honor. שְׂרֵפָ֖ה (śə·rê·p̄āh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8316.htm">Strong's 8316: </a> Cremation <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 16:14 They buried him in his own tombs (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 16:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 16:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 17:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 17:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>