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An Honored Royal Burial
Commentators explain that Asa's burial was conducted with great honor. Referencing 2 Chronicles 16:14, they note he was laid in a tomb he had prepared for himself, filled with spices and sweet odors. This magnificent funeral, customary for kings, shows he was respected at his death despite his late-life failings.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 15:24
18th Century
Theologian
Asa prepared his own tomb during his lifetime, as was often done by ancient Near Eastern kings, and his funeral was conducted with great magnificen…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 15:24
17th Century
Pastor
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 15:9–24
17th Century
Minister
Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is right in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He remove…