² And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

⁵ So they ^[a]resolved to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem, since they had not done it for a long time in the prescribed manner.

⁶ Then the ^(A)runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king: “Children of Israel, ^(B)return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of ^(C)the kings of ^(D)Assyria. ⁷ And do not be ^(E)like your fathers and your brethren, who trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, so that He ^(F)gave them up to ^(G)desolation, as you see. ⁸ Now do not be ^(H)stiff-necked,^[b] as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, ^(I)that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you. ⁹ For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will be treated with ^(J)compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is ^(K)gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you ^(L)return to Him.”

¹⁰ So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but ^(M)they laughed at them and mocked them. ¹¹ Nevertheless ^(N)some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

²⁴ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

¹⁸ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

⁹ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(A)as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.