Burial
50 references
- Rites of Jer. 34:5
- Soon after death Deut. 21:23; Josh. 8:29; John 19:38-42; Acts 5:9,10
- With spices 2 Chr. 16:14; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56
- Bier (coffin) used at 2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:14
- Attended by relatives and friends
- Of Jacob Gen. 50:5-9
- Abner 2 Sam. 3:31
- Child of Jeroboam 1 Kgs. 14:13
- The son of the widow of Nain Luke 7:12,13
- Stephen Acts 8:2
- Lack of, a disgrace 2 Kgs. 9:10; Prov. 30:17; Jer. 16:4; 22:19; Ezek. 39:15
- Directions given about, before death
- By Jacob Gen. 49:29,30
- By Joseph Gen. 50:25
- Burial of Gog (multitude) requiring seven months Ezek. 39:12,13
- BURYING PLACES
- Bought by Abraham Gen. 23; 25:9
- Prepared by
- Jacob Gen. 50:5
- Asa 2 Chr. 16:14
- Joseph Matt. 27:60
- On hills 2 Kgs. 23:16; Josh. 24:33
- In valleys Jer. 7:32
- Family Gen. 47:30; 49:29; Acts 7:16
- Of kings 1 Kgs. 2:10; 2 Chr. 32:33
- A place of honor 2 Chr. 24:16,25; 21:20
- For poor and strangers Jer. 26:23; Matt. 27:7
- Tombs
- In houses 1 Sam. 25:1; 1 Kgs. 2:34
- In gardens 2 Kgs. 21:18,26; John 19:41
- In caves Gen. 23:9
- Under trees, Deborah's Gen. 35:8
- King Saul's 1 Sam. 31:13
- Closed with stones Matt. 27:60,66; John 11:38; 20:1
- Sealed Matt. 27:66
- Marked with pillars, Rachel's Gen. 35:20
- And inscriptions 2 Kgs. 23:17
- Painted and garnished Matt. 23:27,29
- With shelves Isa. 14:15
- Demoniacs lived in Matt. 8:28
- Anyone who touched, were unclean Num. 19:16,18; Isa. 65:4
- Refused to the dead Rev. 11:9
- Robbed Jer. 8:1
- See Cremation
- See DEAD, THE
- See DEATH>
- See Elegy
- See Grave
- See Mourning
- FIGURATIVE Isa. 22:16; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.