<vn='1'>And <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="3789">wrote</s><sn="107">letters</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s> and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, that they should <sn="935">come</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, to <sn="6213">keep</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>For the <sn="4428">king</s> had taken <sn="3289">counsel</s>, and his <sn="8269">princes</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, to <sn="6213">keep</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> in the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="2320">month</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> they <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">keep</s> it at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> had <sn="3808">not</s> sanctified <sn="6942">themselves</s><sn="4078">sufficiently</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> had the <sn="5971">people</s> gathered themselves <sn="622">together</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="3474 5869">pleased</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>So they <sn="5975">established</s> a <sn="1697">decree</s> to make <sn="5674 6963">proclamation</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, from <sn="4480 884">Beer</s> -sheba even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="1835">Dan</s>, that they should <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="6213">keep</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">done</s> it of a <sn="7230">long</s> time in such sort as it was <sn="3789">written</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>So the <sn="7323">posts</s><sn="1980">went</s> with the <sn="107">letters</s><sn="4480 3027">from</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and his <sn="8269">princes</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and according to the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Ye <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, turn <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="85">Abraham</s>, <sn="3327">Isaac</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and he will <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="7604">remnant</s> of you, that are <sn="6413">escaped</s> out of the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="1961">be</s><sn="408">not</s> ye like your <sn="1">fathers</s>, and like your <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="4603">trespassed</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>, who therefore gave them <sn="5414">up</s> to <sn="8047">desolation</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="7200">see</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="6258">Now</s> be ye not <sn="408 7185 6203">stiffnecked</s>, as your <sn="1">fathers</s> were, but <sn="5414 3027">yield</s> yourselves unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="935">enter</s> into his <sn="4720">sanctuary</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he hath <sn="6942">sanctified</s><sn="5769">forever</s>: and <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, that the <sn="2740">fierceness</s> of his <sn="639">wrath</s> may turn <sn="7725">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> you. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s> if ye turn <sn="7725">again</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, your <sn="251">brethren</s> and your <sn="1121">children</s> shall find <sn="7356">compassion</s><sn="6440">before</s> them that lead them <sn="7617">captive</s>, so that they shall come <sn="7725">again</s> into <sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="2587">gracious</s> and <sn="7349">merciful</s>, and will <sn="3808">not</s> turn <sn="5493">away</s> his <sn="6440">face</s><sn="4480">from</s> you, <sn="518">if</s> ye <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">unto</s> him. </v>
<vn='10'>So the <sn="7323">posts</s><sn="1961 5674">passed</s> from <sn="4480 5892">city</s> to <sn="5892">city</s> through the <sn="776">country</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s> and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2074">Zebulun</s>: but they laughed them to <sn="1961 7832 5921">scorn</s>, and <sn="3932">mocked</s> them. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="389">Nevertheless</s><sn="376">divers</s> of <sn="4480 836">Asher</s> and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s> and of <sn="4480 2074">Zebulun</s> humbled <sn="3665">themselves</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1571">Also</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">was</s> to <sn="5414">give</s> them <sn="259">one</s><sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> and of the <sn="8269">princes</s>, by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And there <sn="622">assembled</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="6213">keep</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2282">feast</s> of unleavened <sn="4682">bread</s> in the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="2320">month</s>, a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="7230">great</s><sn="6951">congregation</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And they <sn="6965">arose</s> and took <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altars</s><sn="834">that</s> were in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the altars for <sn="6999">incense</s> took they <sn="5493">away</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s> them into the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="6939">Kidron</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Then they <sn="7819">killed</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> on the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s> day of the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="2320">month</s>: and the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s> were <sn="3637">ashamed</s>, and sanctified <sn="6942">themselves</s>, and brought <sn="935">in</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And they <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="5977">place</s> after their <sn="4941">manner</s>, according to the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="2236">sprinkled</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1818">blood</s>, which they received of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">For</s> there were <sn="7227">many</s> in the <sn="6951">congregation</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6942">sanctified</s>: therefore the <sn="3881">Levites</s> had the charge <sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="7821">killing</s> of the <sn="6453">passovers</s> for every <sn="3605">one</s> that was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2889">clean</s>, to <sn="6942">sanctify</s> them unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s> a <sn="4768">multitude</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, even <sn="7227">many</s> of <sn="4480 669">Ephraim</s>, and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, <sn="3485">Issachar</s>, and <sn="2074">Zebulun</s>, had <sn="3808">not</s> cleansed <sn="2891">themselves</s>, <sn="3588">yet</s> did they <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6453">passover</s><sn="3808">otherwise</s> than it was <sn="3789">written</s>. <sn="3588">But</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="5921">for</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="2896">good</s><sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3722">pardon</s> every <sn="1157">one</s></v>
<vn='19'> That <sn="3559">prepareth</s> his <sn="3824">heart</s> to <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="430">God</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>, though he be <sn="3808">not</s> cleansed according to the <sn="2893">purification</s> of the <sn="6944">sanctuary</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s>, and <sn="7495">healed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> that were <sn="4672">present</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="6213">kept</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2282">feast</s> of unleavened <sn="4682">bread</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s> with <sn="1419">great</s><sn="8057">gladness</s>: and the <sn="3881">Levites</s> and the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="1984">praised</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3117">day</s> by <sn="3117">day</s>, singing with <sn="5797">loud</s><sn="3627">instruments</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5921 3820">comfortably</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> that <sn="7919">taught</s> the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="7922">knowledge</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and they did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="854">throughout</s> the <sn="4150">feast</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>, <sn="2076">offering</s><sn="8002">peace</s><sn="2077">offerings</s>, and making <sn="3034">confession</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="6951">assembly</s> took <sn="3289">counsel</s> to <sn="6213">keep</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>: and they <sn="6213">kept</s> other <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s> with <sn="8057">gladness</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> did <sn="7311">give</s> to the <sn="6951">congregation</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6499">bullocks</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6629">sheep</s>; and the <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="7311">gave</s> to the <sn="6951">congregation</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6499">bullocks</s> and <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6629">sheep</s>: and a great <sn="7230">number</s> of <sn="3548">priests</s> sanctified <sn="6942">themselves</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, with the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> that <sn="935">came</s> out of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>, and the <sn="1616">strangers</s> that <sn="935">came</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and that <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="8055">rejoiced</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>So there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="8057">joy</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> since the <sn="4480 3117">time</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> there was <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="2063">like</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Then the <sn="3548">priests</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>: and their <sn="6963">voice</s> was <sn="8085">heard</s>, and their <sn="8605">prayer</s><sn="935">came</s> up to his <sn="6944">holy</s> dwelling <sn="4583">place</s>, even unto <sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>