2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in the sepulcher 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.
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In Context
13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the fortieth year of his reign.
Cross References
Genesis 50:2And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel.
2 Samuel 2:32And they take up Asahel, and bury him in the tomb of his father in Bethlehem. And Joab and the men with him went all the night, and the morning rose upon them in Hebron.
2 Chronicles 32:33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in a high place among the sepulchers of the sons of David: and all Judah and the dwellers in Jerusalem gave him glory and honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
Ecclesiastes 10:1Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: 1 And a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly. 1
Jeremiah 34:5I have made the earth by my great power, and with my high arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem good in mine eyes.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 16:8-14
Asa's Death and Burial. ( b. c. 914.) 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord , he delivered them into thine hand. 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show… Read the whole commentary →