2 Chronicles 35:24

35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, ¹  where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; ²  all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

Isaiah 22:16

22:16 ‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? ³ 

Why ⁴  do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here?

He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place,

he carves out his tomb on a cliff.

John 19:41-42

19:41 Now at the place where Jesus ⁵  was crucified ⁶  there was a garden, ⁷  and in the garden ⁸  was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. ⁹  19:42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation ¹⁰  and the tomb was nearby, ¹¹  they placed Jesus’ body there.

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “fathers.”

³ tn Heb “What to you here? And who to you here?” The point of the second question is not entirely clear. The interpretation reflected in the translation is based on the following context, which suggests that Shebna has no right to think of himself so highly and arrange such an extravagant burial place for himself.

⁴ tn Heb “that you chisel out.”

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn See the note on Crucify in 19:6.

⁷ tn Or “an orchard.”

⁸ tn Or “orchard.”

⁹ tn Grk “been placed.”

¹⁰ sn The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath.

¹¹ sn The tomb was nearby. The Passover and the Sabbath would begin at 6 p.m., so those who had come to prepare and bury the body could not afford to waste time.