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2 Chronicles 16

2 Chron. 16:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they buried
qabar (Hebrew #6912)
to inter
KJV usage: X in any wise, bury(-ier).
Pronounce: kaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
him in his own sepulchres
qeber, (Hebrew #6913)
from 6912; a sepulchre
KJV usage: burying place, grave, sepulchre.
Pronounce: keh'-ber
Origin: or (feminine) qibrah {kib-raw'}
, which he had μmade
karah (Hebrew #3738)
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
KJV usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
for himself in the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
, and laid
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
him in the bed
mishkab (Hebrew #4904)
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Pronounce: mish-kawb'
Origin: from 7901
which was filled
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
with sweet odors
besem (Hebrew #1314)
from the same as 1313; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
KJV usage: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Pronounce: beh'-sem
Origin: or bosem {bo'-sem}
and divers kinds
zan (Hebrew #2177)
properly, nourished (or fully developed), i.e. a form or sort
KJV usage: divers kinds, X all manner of store.
Pronounce: zan
Origin: from 2109
of spices prepared
raqach (Hebrew #7543)
to perfume
KJV usage: apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.
Pronounce: raw-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
by the apothecaries’
mirqachath (Hebrew #4842)
an aromatic unguent; also an unguent-pot
KJV usage: prepared by the apothecaries' art, compound, ointment.
Pronounce: meer-kakh'-ath
Origin: from 7543
art
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
: and they made
saraph (Hebrew #8313)
to be (causatively, set) on fire
KJV usage: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
a very
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
burning
srephah (Hebrew #8316)
cremation
KJV usage: burning.
Pronounce: ser-ay-faw'
Origin: from 8313
for him.
μ
digged.

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Bed; Bedstead,
City of David,
Sepulchre,
Spices

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Ministry on This Verse

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his own sepulchres.
2 Chron. 35:24• 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 sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. (2 Chron. 35:24)
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Isa. 22:16• 16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? (Isa. 22:16)
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John 19:41‑42• 41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
 42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. (John 19:41‑42)
made.
Heb. digged.
sweet odours.
Gen. 50:2• 2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. (Gen. 50:2)
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Mark 16:1• 1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. (Mark 16:1)
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John 19:39‑40• 39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
 40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. (John 19:39‑40)
the apothecaries' art.
Ex. 30:25‑37• 25And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
 26And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
 27And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
 28And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
 29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
 30And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
 31And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
 32Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
 33Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
 34And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
 35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
 36And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
 37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. (Ex. 30:25‑37)
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Eccl. 10:1• 1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. (Eccl. 10:1)
a very great.
2 Chron. 21:19• 19And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. (2 Chron. 21:19)
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Jer. 34:5• 5But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odors for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord. (Jer. 34:5)
• In his death, although much incense was lavished on him, there was nothing of sweet-smelling savor for God. Spices serve to cover or to delay the putrefaction of a cadaver and the world's incense cannot take the place of God's favor. (“Asa's Decline: 2 Chronicles 16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer’s art; and they made a very great burning for him.