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

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 were praising 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 strangers who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah.