2 Chronicles 16:14 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
12And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14And 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.
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Related Cross References
2 Kings 21:18
Both passages describe the burial practices of kings.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
This verse discusses the futility of a life without honor.
John 12:3
This verse parallels the act of honoring the dead with precious spices.
Source: 2 Chronicles 16:14