2 Chronicles 16:14

They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.

Genesis 50:2

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

2 Chronicles 21:19

In the course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers.

Jeremiah 34:5

You shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so people shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, "Alas, lord!"' For I have spoken the word, declares the LORD."

Mark 16:1

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

Exodus 30:25-37

And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

2 Chronicles 35:24

So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Isaiah 22:16

What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?

John 19:39-42

Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

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Summary

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

The apothecaries' art

General references

Bible References

His own sepulchres

2 Chronicles 35:24
So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Isaiah 22:16
What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?
John 19:41
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Sweet odours

Genesis 50:2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
John 19:39
Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

The apothecaries' art

Exodus 30:25
And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

A very great

2 Chronicles 21:19
In the course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers.
Jeremiah 34:5
You shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so people shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, "Alas, lord!"' For I have spoken the word, declares the LORD."

General references

Matthew 26:12
In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.

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