¹⁸ For a multitude of the people, ^(A)even many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, ^(B)yet they ate the Passover ^(C)otherwise than ^[a]prescribed. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon

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

²⁵ All the assembly of Judah rejoiced, 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.