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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 15:24 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Ki 15:24 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 Ch2 16:14. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Jehoshaphat
Called Josaphat, (Mat 1:8). |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Asa slept with his fathers - Of his splendid and costly funeral we read Ch1 16:14. |
14 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.
8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.