14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself(A) in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes,(B) and they made a huge fire(C) in his honor.

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you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire(A) in honor of your predecessors, the kings who ruled before you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, “Alas,(B) master!” I myself make this promise, declares the Lord.’”

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10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[a](A) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(B) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead

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