And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had made for himself in the City of David, very likely excavated in the side of a rock, according to the custom then in use, and laid him in the bed, which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices, very costly embalming compounds, prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him, of the sweet-smelling substances mentioned, an honor which was shown especially to such kings as were held in general love and esteem, Jeremiah 34:5. Asa, it seems, returned to the Lord in true repentance before his death, 1 Kings 15:24. God has patience with the weakness of His children and brings them back from their ways of error.

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