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12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa suffered from a foot disease. Even though he suffered greatly, he never sought the Lord, but instead looked to doctors. 13 As a result, in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died, as had his ancestors, 14 and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared[a] for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians,[b] and the mourners[c] built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:14 Lit. had carved out
  2. 2 Chronicles 16:14 Lit. by the perfumers’ art
  3. 2 Chronicles 16:14 Lit. and they