³⁵ And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to ^(A)Asher, ^(B)Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

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,^[a] 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. ¹² Also ^(O)the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, ^(P)at the word of the Lord.

⁶ Then she sent and called for ^(A)Barak the son of Abinoam from ^(B)Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and ^[a]deploy troops at Mount ^(C)Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;