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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 16:14
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they buried him in his own sepulchres which he had made for himself in the city of David, etc.] Where was the burying place of the kings of Judah; here Asa had ordered a vault to be made for himself and his family, and therefore called sepulchres, because of the several cells therein to put separate bodies in: and laid him in the bed; not only laid him out, as we express it, but laid him on a bed of state, where he lay in great pomp; or the funeral bed, which, with other nations f67, used to be strowed with sweet smelling flowers and herbs, as follows: which was filled with sweet odours, and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries art; or rather confectioner or druggist; for it is a question whether there were then any such we call apothecaries; this bed was strowed with spices, myrrh, aloes, cassia, cinnamon, etc. and which perhaps might be made up into a liquid, which was sprinkled over the bed and shroud in which he lay: and they made a very great burning for him; not that they made a great fire, and burned his body; for burning was not used with the Jews; but they burnt spices and other things in great quantity, in honour of him: (See Gill on “<243405>Jeremiah 34:5”), and this custom continued to the times of Herod, at whose funeral there were five hundred of his domestics and freed men bearing spices f68.
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