1	And Hezekiah sent# to all Israel and Judah, and wrote# letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come# to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep# the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
			2	For the king had taken counsel# , and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep# the passover in the second month.
			3	For they could# not keep# it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified# themselves sufficiently# # , neither had the people gathered themselves together# to Jerusalem.
			4	And the thing pleased# # the king and all the congregation. [pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king]
			5	So they established# a decree to make proclamation# # throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come# to keep# the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done# it of a long time in such sort as it was written# .
			6	So the posts# went# with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying# , Ye children of Israel, turn again# unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return# to the remnant# of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. [from: Heb. from the hand]
			7	And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed# against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up# to desolation, as ye see# .
			8	Now be ye not stiffnecked# # , as your fathers were, but yield# yourselves unto the LORD, and enter# into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified# for ever: and serve# the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away# from you. [be ye...: Heb. harden not your necks] [yield...: Heb. give the hand]
			9	For if ye turn again# unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive# , so that they shall come again# into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away# his face from you, if ye return# unto him.
			10	So the posts# passed# from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn# , and mocked# them.
			11	Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled# themselves, and came# to Jerusalem.
			12	Also in Judah the hand of God was to give# them one heart to do# the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
			13	And there assembled# at Jerusalem much people to keep# the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
			14	And they arose# and took away# the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away# , and cast# them into the brook Kidron.
			15	Then they killed# the passover on the fourteenth# day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed# , and sanctified# themselves, and brought in# the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
			16	And they stood# in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled# the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. [their place: Heb. their standing]
			17	For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified# : therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify# them unto the LORD.
			18	For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed# themselves, yet did they eat# the passover otherwise than it was written# . But Hezekiah prayed# for them, saying# , The good LORD pardon# every one
			19	That prepareth# his heart to seek# God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
			20	And the LORD hearkened# to Hezekiah, and healed# the people.
			21	And the children of Israel that were present# at Jerusalem kept# the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised# the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. [present: Heb. found] [loud...: Heb. instruments of strength]
			22	And Hezekiah spake# comfortably unto all the Levites that taught# the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat# throughout the feast seven days, offering# peace offerings, and making confession# to the LORD God of their fathers. [comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of all]
			23	And the whole assembly took counsel# to keep# other seven days: and they kept# other seven days with gladness.
			24	For Hezekiah king of Judah did give# to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave# to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified# themselves. [did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offered] [gave: Heb. lifted up, or, offered]
			25	And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out# of Israel, and the strangers that came out# of the land of Israel, and that dwelt# in Judah, rejoiced# .
			26	So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
			27	Then the priests the Levites arose# and blessed# the people: and their voice was heard# , and their prayer came# up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. [his holy...: Heb. the habitation of his holiness]