¹⁰ So the ^[a]couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but ^(A)they laughed at them with scorn and mocked them.

¹⁸ For a multitude of the people, ^(A)many from Ephraim and Manasseh, and Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, ^(B)yet they ate the Passover ^(C)contrary to what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon