Thematic Bible: Apothecaries
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and make sacred anointing oil, mixed like perfume.
Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall.
A perfumer made the holy oil to be used for anointing and for the pure, sweet incense.
Asa was buried in the rock tomb that he had carved out for himself in David's City. They used spices and perfumed oils to prepare his body for burial. They built a huge bonfire to mourn his death.