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.
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Barnes' Notes
The explanation of the plural - “sepulchres” - will be seen in 1Ki 13:30 note. The burning of spices in honor of a king at his funeral was customary (compare the marginal references).
Adam Clarke
And laid him in the bed - It is very likely that the body of Asa was burnt; that the bed spoken of here was a funeral pyre, on which much spices and odoriferous woods had been placed; and then they…
Here is, I. A plain and faithful reproof given to Asa by a prophet of the Lord, for making this league with Baasha. The reprover was Hanani the seer, the father of Jehu, another prophet, whom we read…
Cambridge Bible
in his own sepulchres In 1 Kin. with his fathers.
which he had made for himself R.V. which he had hewn out for himself. This clause is absent from 1 Kin.
divers kindsof spices] Mar 16:1; Joh 12:3; Joh…
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