Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 16:14
The explanation of the plural - “sepulchres” - will be seen in 1 Kings 13:30 note.
The burning of spices in honor of a king at his funeral was customary (compare the marginal references).
The explanation of the plural - “sepulchres” - will be seen in 1 Kings 13:30 note.
The burning of spices in honor of a king at his funeral was customary (compare the marginal references).
Verse 2 Chronicles 16:14. _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...
CHAPTER 16 ASA'S RELAPSE AND DEATH _ 1. War between Asa and Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:1)_ 2. Hanani's rebuke (2 Chronicles 16:7) 3. Hanani imprisoned (2 Chronicles 16:10)
Taken from 1 Kings 15:16 with unimportant variations. 2 CHRONICLES 16:7. With the words of 2 Chronicles 16:9, from henceforth thou shalt have wars, contrast...
SEPULCHRES. a great sepulchre. Plural of majesty. MADE FOR HIMSELF. Not infrequently done. Compare Matthew 27:60; John 19:38. SWEET ODOURS AND DIVERS KINDS. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6), emp...
_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 kinds_of spices] Mark 16:1; Joh...
4. THE REIGN OF ASA (14-16) TEXT 2 Chronicles 14:1. So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet te...
_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 AP...
REIGN OF ASA (CONCLUDED) This chapter reproduces with some verbal differences 1 Kings 15:17, but adds an account of a rebuke received by Asa from the seer Hanani....
A VERY GREAT BURNING] i.e. of the spices previously mentioned: cp. Jeremiah 34:5. The bodies of the dead were not ordinarily burnt but buried; the burning of the bodies of Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 16 ASA AND BEN-HADAD – 2 CHRONICLES 16:1-6 V1 In the 36th
AND THEY BURIED HIM. — The particulars of this verse are also added by the chronicler. IN HIS OWN SEPULCHRES. — Not therefore in the ordinary tombs of the Kings. The plural _sepulchres_ indicates a f...
וַ יִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְ קִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה...
ASA: DIVINE RETRIBUTION 2 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 15:1; 2 Chronicles 16:1 ABIJAH, dying, as far as we can gather from Chronicles, in the odor of sanctity, was succeeded by his so
This is a very sad chapter, telling as it does the story of the lapse of a man who, considering the conditions under which he lived, had for six and thirty years been so remarkably true to God. When B...
Sepulchre. Heb. "sepulchres," as there were many separate apartments in the same cavern. C. --- Asa had prepared one cell, as David and Solomon had done. M. T. --- Odoriferous ( mertriciis.) Such as h...
REFLECTIONS IT is impossible to close our view of the life of Asa without having the mind exercised with solemn thoughts concerning an history so very mysterious and extraordinary. The Holy Ghost hath...
The disease of Asa seems to have been remarkable, as if it was peculiarly sent of the Lord, that it is so described, - Perhaps a lameness. He had confined the prophet, and now the Lord confines him. B...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 16. In his wars with Jeroboam, Abijah stands entirely upon this ground, and he is blessed. Asa follows his steps; and, whether at peace, or while...
AND THEY BURIED HIM IN HIS OWN SEPULCHRES WHICH HE HAD MADE FOR HIMSELF IN THE CITY OF DAVID,.... Where was the burying place of the kings of Judah; here Asa had ordered a vault to be made for himself...
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 a...
_They buried him in his sepulchre which he had made for himself _ As one mindful of his grave. _And laid him in the bed with sweet odours, and divers kinds of spices_ After the manner of those nations...
1 Asa, by the aide of the Syrians, diuerteth Baasha from building of Ramah. 7 Being reproued thereof by Hanani, he putteth him in prison. 11 Among his other actes in his disease he seeketh not to Go...
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...
ASA REPROVED BY HANANI...
ASA GOES TO THE WORLD FOR HELP (vv.1-6) Baasha, king of Israel, had become alarmed at the thought of some from Israel defecting to Judah, Therefore he came and built Ramah as a buffer between the tw...
HAD MADE: _ Heb._ digged...
LAID HIM IN THE BED WHICH WAS FILLED WITH SWEET ODOURS, as the manner of those nations was. See GENESIS 50:2 2 CHRONICLES 21:19. THEY MADE A VERY GREAT BURNING, to wit, of precious spices; thereby tes...
2 Chronicles 16:14 buried H6912 (H8799) tomb H6913 made H3738 (H8804) City H5892 David H1732 laid...
CONTENTS: War between Asa and Baasha. Asa's rebuke and death. CHARACTERS: God, Asa, Hanani, Baasha, Ben-hadad. CONCLUSION: God is much displeased when He is distrusted and when the arm of flesh is r...
2 Chronicles 16:1. _In the six and thirtieth year._ Baasha began to reign the third year of Asa, and he reigned twenty four years. 1 Kings 15:33. And when obliged by Benhadad to abandon the fortificat...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 16:13 FORTY-FIRST YEAR. Asa ruled 912–871 B.C. A VERY GREAT FIRE. See...
CRITICAL NOTES.] As a prevents Baasha from invading Judah (2 Chronicles 16:1); Asa reproved by Hanani (2 Chronicles 16:7); Asa’s sickness and end (2 Chronicles 16:11; _cf._ parallel in...
EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter fall easily into three parts: Asa's conflict with Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:1; parallel, 1 Kings 15:16-11); Hanani's rebuke of Asa, and Asa's ill reception of it...
In the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha who was now the king of Israel started to fortify the city of Ramah, north of Jerusalem, in order that he might cut off all of the trade that is coming in...
2 Chronicles 21:19; 2 Chronicles 35:24; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Exodus 30:25;...
Burning — Of precious spices; thereby testifying their respect to him notwithstanding his miscarriages....