וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה֙ אֵ֣ין נָקִ֔י וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֤י הָֽרָמָה֙ וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א וַיִּ֤בֶן בָּם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֔א אֶת־גֶּ֥בַע בִּנְיָמִ֖ן וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃
Der König Assa ließ alle Judäer aufrufen, keiner war frei, und sie trugen ab die Steine und das Holz von Rama, das Basa gebaut hatte, und der König Assa baute damit Geba Benjamin und Mizpa.
Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah
It is prohibited to leave the corpse [unburied] over night, unless they left him over night for the sake of his honour, [viz.,] to provide for him a coffin or shrouds,1Mishna San. 46a: ‘Whoever leaves his dead lie over night, transgresses both the positive command, “but thou shalt surely bury him the same day,” and the negative command, “his body shall not remain all night upon the tree” (Deut. XXI, 23). Cf. ibid. 46b. Some hold that only the negative command is transgressed, since the positive command refers only to those executed by Court. Cf. Yad, Sanhedrin XV, 8 and v. Leḥem Mish. Yad, Ebel IV, 8. however, Sifre Deut. ibid. and Torah Temimah a.l. Cf. also A.R.N. § IV; Zohar, Emor 88a-b; Naso 142b-144a. The prohibition is only against keeping the corpse over night until the morning, but if kept over only part of the night, there is no transgression involved, only that it is considered a praiseworthy act to bury the corpse as soon as possible (v. infra par. 2) — P.Tesh., Yad Abraham. Even if one was a completely wicked person throughout his life, he must not be kept over night. If there is a government law in force, forbidding burial immediately after death, the above prohibition does not apply. If a corpse was found and it is not known for sure who the individual is, the law is that it is permissible to keep him over until he is identified — P.Tesh. or [professional] lamenting women,2San. 47a. or in order that relatives should [have time] to come,3Who live in another locality. Sem(H). XI, or to assemble [surrounding] townships [for his funeral].4 San. ibid. where Pi‘el form (שמע) is found. Our text has the Hiph‘il form. Both may be used. I Kings XV, 22; I Sam. XV, 4.