¹⁴ Then the king turned around and ^(A)blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

¹⁸ And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, ^(A)he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And ^(A)he led them out as far as ^(B)Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. ⁵¹ While he blessed them, ^(C)he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

² And great crowds gathered about him, ^(A)so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.

^2 (A)And the Israelites^[a] separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

^7 (A)Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites,^{[a] (B)}helped the people to understand the Law, ^(C)while the people remained in their places.

¹⁸ For a majority of the people, ^(A)many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise ^(B)than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon everyone ^19 (C)who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness.”^{[a] 20} And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

⁶ The priests stood at their posts; ^(A)the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—^(B)for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises by their ministry;^{[a] (C)}opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.