1-Kings - 15:24



24 Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

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And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
And he slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David his father. And Josaphat his son reigned in his place.
and Asa lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead.
So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.

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Asa prepared his own sepulchre in his lifetime, as has been so often done by Oriental kings; and his funeral was conducted with great magnificence 2-Chronicles 16:14.

Asa slept with his fathers - Of his splendid and costly funeral we read 1-Chronicles 16:14.

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his (i) father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
(i) His great-grandfather.

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father,.... In a sepulchre there he himself had made, and in great pomp and solemnity, being laid on a bed filled with sweet odours and spices, prepared according to art, and which were burned for him, 2-Chronicles 16:14,
and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead; a very pious and worthy prince.

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