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2 Chronicles 16:14
2 Chronicles 16:14 is verse 14 of 2 Chronicles chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.
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2 Chronicles 16:12–14 · Berean Standard Bible
12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
13 So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.
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.
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2 Chronicles 35:24So 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 22:16What 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 19:41Now 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 19:42And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
Genesis 50:2And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
Mark 16:1When 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 19:39Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
John 19:40So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
Exodus 30:25Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
Exodus 30:26Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,
Exodus 30:27the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,
Exodus 30:28the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
Exodus 30:29You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
Exodus 30:30Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
Exodus 30:31And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
Exodus 30:32It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
Exodus 30:33Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
Exodus 30:34The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
Exodus 30:35and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
Exodus 30:36Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
Exodus 30:37You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 10:1As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
2 Chronicles 21:19This 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 fathers.
Jeremiah 34:5you 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.”