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12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 13 Asa passed away[a] in the forty-first year of his reign. 14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David.[b] They laid him to rest on a platform[c] covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:13 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers, and he died.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 16:14 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
  3. 2 Chronicles 16:14 tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁכָּב (mishkav) most often refers to a bed. In this setting it was most likely a raised platform within the tomb where the body was laid to rest, technically similar to a bier.
  4. 2 Chronicles 16:14 tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”