Thematic Bible: Places of burial of


Thematic Bible



And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet ointments and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art: and they made a very great fire in honor of him.

And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor: but no man knows of his grave unto this day.

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.

Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher, but that you may bury your dead.

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David.


And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others came with them.


And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.

And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?