2 Chronicles 16:14
Context16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. 1 They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. 2
2 Chronicles 21:19
Context21:19 After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. 3 His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. 4
1 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
2 tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”
3 tn Heb “and it was to days from days, and about the time of the going out of the end for the days, two, his intestines came out with his illness and he died in severe illness.”
4 tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”