¹⁸ For a multitude of the people, ^(A)even many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, ^(B)yet they ate the Passover ^(C)otherwise than what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May Yahweh, who is good, atone

²¹ And the sons of Israel present in Jerusalem ^(A)celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day after day with loud instruments to Yahweh.

²⁵ And all the assembly of Judah were glad, with the priests and the Levites and ^(A)all the assembly that came from Israel, both the sojourners who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah.