2 Chronicles 16:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He was buried in his tomb that he had prepared for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices blended from various perfumes, and they made a very great fire in his honor.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & was buried in his awne sepulcre which he had caused to be grauen for him selfe in the cite of Dauid. And they layed him vpon his bed, which was fylled with swete odoures & all maner of spyces (made after ye Apotecaries craft) and made a very greate burnynge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they buryed him in one of his sepulchres, which he had made for him selfe in the citie of Dauid, and layed him in the bed, which they had filled with sweete odours and diuers kindes of spices made by the arte of the apoticarie: and they burnt odours for him with an exceeding great fire.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they buried him in his owne sepulchre which he had made for himselfe in the citie of Dauid, and layde him in the bed which he had filled with diuers kindes of spices, & sweete odours made by the craft of the appothecaries: and burnt very much spice about him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They buried him in his own tombs, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' are: and they made a very great burning for him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they bury him in `one of' his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that `one' hath filled `with' spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds `of spices' prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They buried him in his own tombs, which he had dug out for himself in the city of David, 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 burning for him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a platform covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 21:19 : 19 In due time, after two years, his bowels came out because of his disease, and he died in his severe illness. His people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.
  • Gen 50:2 : 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel.
  • Jer 34:5 : 5 But you shall die in peace; and as with the burning of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they burn incense for you; and they will lament for you, saying, Alas, lord! for I have pronounced the word, says the LORD.
  • Mark 16:1 : 1 And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices so they might go and anoint him.
  • John 19:39-42 : 39 And Nicodemus also came, who at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds in weight. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid. 42 There they laid Jesus because of the Jews' preparation day; for the tomb was nearby.
  • Exod 30:25-37 : 25 And you shall make of it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 And you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. 29 And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whoever touches them must be holy. 30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. 31 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured upon man's flesh, nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition: it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, shall be cut off from his people. 34 And the LORD said to Moses, Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be equal amounts: 35 And you shall make of it a perfume, a compound according to the art of the perfumer, mixed together, pure and holy: 36 And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put it before the testimony in the tabernacle of meeting, where I will meet with you: it shall be most holy to you. 37 And as for the perfume which you shall make, you shall not make any for yourselves according to its composition: it shall be holy to you for the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 35:24 : 24 His servants, therefore, took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died and was buried in one of the sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking aroma: so does a little folly him who is in reputation for wisdom and honor.
  • Isa 22:16 : 16 What have you here? And whom have you here, that you have hewn a sepulcher here, as he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, who carves a dwelling for himself in a rock?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty-first year of his reign.

  • 16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward His house.

  • 24Asa slept with his fathers; he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

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    19In due time, after two years, his bowels came out because of his disease, and he died in his severe illness. His people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.

    20He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years and departed without being missed. However, they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 33Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the most honored of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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    30And he laid his corpse in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

    31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

  • 28And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.

  • 18And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

  • 25And when they departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.

  • 20And they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

  • 37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

  • 8Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.

  • 24His servants, therefore, took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died and was buried in one of the sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

  • 20So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

  • 27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel, and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

  • 26And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

  • 1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.

  • 28And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

  • 30And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.

  • 7So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

  • 10So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

  • 23So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in a field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

  • 19He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

  • 1Now Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David. And Jehoram his son ruled in his place.

  • 9And Jotham rested with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 40Then they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to bury.

  • 13And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

  • 20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

  • 50And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

  • 21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

  • 11And behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, indeed, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

  • 24And Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

  • 38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 28So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

  • 5But you shall die in peace; and as with the burning of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they burn incense for you; and they will lament for you, saying, Alas, lord! for I have pronounced the word, says the LORD.

  • 9Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.

  • 43And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 16And Jehoash rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 31Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 16As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain, and sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

  • 28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

  • 32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men traveled all night, and they came to Hebron at dawn.

  • 13Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

  • 32And they buried Abner in Hebron, and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

  • 18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.