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So they established a decree to make a [a]proclamation pass throughout all Israel (A)from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was written. (B)And the [b]couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the commandment of the king, saying, “O sons of Israel, return to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and remain from (C)the [c]hand of the kings of Assyria. (D)Now do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that (E)He made them an object of horror, as you see.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 30:5 Lit voice
  2. 2 Chronicles 30:6 Lit runners
  3. 2 Chronicles 30:6 Lit palm