Dual Panel1And Hezekiah <03169> sent <07971> (8799) to all Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>_, and wrote <03789> (8804) letters <0107> also to Ephraim <0669> and Manasseh <04519>_, that they should come <0935> (8800) to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> at Jerusalem <03389>_, to keep <06213> (8800) the passover <06453> unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_.
2For the king <04428> had taken counsel <03289> (8735)_, and his princes <08269>_, and all the congregation <06951> in Jerusalem <03389>_, to keep <06213> (8800) the passover <06453> in the second <08145> month <02320>_.
3For they could <03201> (8804) not keep <06213> (8800) it at that time <06256>_, because the priests <03548> had not sanctified <06942> (8694) themselves sufficiently <04078> (8676) <01767>_, neither had the people <05971> gathered themselves together <0622> (8738) to Jerusalem <03389>_.
4And the thing <01697> pleased <03474> (8799) <05869> the king <04428> and all the congregation <06951>_. {pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king}
5So they established <05975> (8686) a decree <01697> to make proclamation <05674> (8687) <06963> throughout all Israel <03478>_, from Beersheba <0884> even to Dan <01835>_, that they should come <0935> (8800) to keep <06213> (8800) the passover <06453> unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> at Jerusalem <03389>_: for they had not done <06213> (8804) [it] of a long <07230> [time in such sort] as it was written <03789> (8803)_.
6So the posts <07323> (8801) went <03212> (8799) with the letters <0107> from <03027> the king <04428> and his princes <08269> throughout all Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>_, and according to the commandment <04687> of the king <04428>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Ye children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, turn again <07725> (8798) unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Abraham <085>_, Isaac <03327>_, and Israel <03478>_, and he will return <07725> (8799) to the remnant <07604> (8737) of you, that are escaped <06413> out of the hand <03709> of the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804>_. {from: Heb. from the hand}
7And be not ye like your fathers <01>_, and like your brethren <0251>_, which trespassed <04603> (8804) against the LORD <03068> God <0430> of their fathers <01>_, [who] therefore gave them up <05414> (8799) to desolation <08047>_, as ye see <07200> (8802)_.
8Now be ye not stiffnecked <07185> (8686) <06203>_, as your fathers <01> [were, but] yield <05414> (8798) yourselves <03027> unto the LORD <03068>_, and enter <0935> (8798) into his sanctuary <04720>_, which he hath sanctified <06942> (8689) for ever <05769>_: and serve <05647> (8798) the LORD <03068> your God <0430>_, that the fierceness <02740> of his wrath <0639> may turn away <07725> (8799) from you. {be ye...: Heb. harden not your necks} {yield...: Heb. give the hand}
9For if ye turn again <07725> (8800) unto the LORD <03068>_, your brethren <0251> and your children <01121> [shall find] compassion <07356> before <06440> them that lead them captive <07617> (8802)_, so that they shall come again <07725> (8800) into this land <0776>_: for the LORD <03068> your God <0430> [is] gracious <02587> and merciful <07349>_, and will not turn away <05493> (8686) [his] face <06440> from you, if ye return <07725> (8799) unto him.
10So the posts <07323> (8801) passed <05674> (8802) from city <05892> to city <05892> through the country <0776> of Ephraim <0669> and Manasseh <04519> even unto Zebulun <02074>_: but they laughed them to scorn <07832> (8688)_, and mocked <03932> (8688) them.
11Nevertheless divers <0582> of Asher <0836> and Manasseh <04519> and of Zebulun <02074> humbled <03665> (8738) themselves, and came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>_.
12Also in Judah <03063> the hand <03027> of God <0430> was to give <05414> (8800) them one <0259> heart <03820> to do <06213> (8800) the commandment <04687> of the king <04428> and of the princes <08269>_, by the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_.
13And there assembled <0622> (8735) at Jerusalem <03389> much <07227> people <05971> to keep <06213> (8800) the feast <02282> of unleavened bread <04682> in the second <08145> month <02320>_, a very <03966> great <07230> congregation <06951>_.
14And they arose <06965> (8799) and took away <05493> (8686) the altars <04196> that [were] in Jerusalem <03389>_, and all the altars for incense <06999> took they away <05493> (8689)_, and cast <07993> (8686) [them] into the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>_.
15Then they killed <07819> (8799) the passover <06453> on the fourteenth <0702> <06240> [day] of the second <08145> month <02320>_: and the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> were ashamed <03637> (8738)_, and sanctified <06942> (8691) themselves, and brought in <0935> (8686) the burnt offerings <05930> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_.
16And they stood <05975> (8799) in their place <05977> after their manner <04941>_, according to the law <08451> of Moses <04872> the man <0376> of God <0430>_: the priests <03548> sprinkled <02236> (8802) the blood <01818>_, [which they received] of the hand <03027> of the Levites <03881>_. {their place: Heb. their standing}
17For [there were] many <07227> in the congregation <06951> that were not sanctified <06942> (8694)_: therefore the Levites <03881> had the charge of the killing <07821> of the passovers <06453> for every one [that was] not clean <02889>_, to sanctify <06942> (8687) [them] unto the LORD <03068>_.
18For a multitude <04768> of the people <05971>_, [even] many <07227> of Ephraim <0669>_, and Manasseh <04519>_, Issachar <03485>_, and Zebulun <02074>_, had not <03808> cleansed <02891> (8694) themselves, yet did they eat <0398> (8804) the passover <06453> otherwise than it was written <03789> (8803)_. But Hezekiah <03169> prayed <06419> (8694) for them, saying <0559> (8800)_, The good <02896> LORD <03068> pardon <03722> (8762) every one
19[That] prepareth <03559> (8689) his heart <03824> to seek <01875> (8800) God <0430>_, the LORD <03068> God <0430> of his fathers <01>_, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification <02893> of the sanctuary <06944>_.
20And the LORD <03068> hearkened <08085> (8799) to Hezekiah <03169>_, and healed <07495> (8799) the people <05971>_.
21And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> that were present <04672> (8737) at Jerusalem <03389> kept <06213> (8799) the feast <02282> of unleavened bread <04682> seven <07651> days <03117> with great <01419> gladness <08057>_: and the Levites <03881> and the priests <03548> praised <01984> (8764) the LORD <03068> day <03117> by day <03117>_, [singing] with loud <05797> instruments <03627> unto the LORD <03068>_. {present: Heb. found} {loud...: Heb. instruments of strength}
22And Hezekiah <03169> spake <01696> (8762) comfortably <03820> unto all the Levites <03881> that taught <07919> (8688) the good <02896> knowledge <07922> of the LORD <03068>_: and they did eat <0398> (8799) throughout the feast <04150> seven <07651> days <03117>_, offering <02076> (8764) peace <08002> offerings <02077>_, and making confession <03034> (8693) to the LORD <03068> God <0430> of their fathers <01>_. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of all}
23And the whole assembly <06951> took counsel <03289> (8735) to keep <06213> (8800) other <0312> seven <07651> days <03117>_: and they kept <06213> (8799) [other] seven <07651> days <03117> with gladness <08057>_.
24For Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063> did give <07311> (8689) to the congregation <06951> a thousand <0505> bullocks <06499> and seven <07651> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>_; and the princes <08269> gave <07311> (8689) to the congregation <06951> a thousand <0505> bullocks <06499> and ten <06235> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>_: and a great number <07230> of priests <03548> sanctified <06942> (8691) themselves. {did give: Heb. lifted up, or, offered} {gave: Heb. lifted up, or, offered}
25And all the congregation <06951> of Judah <03063>_, with the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>_, and all the congregation <06951> that came out <0935> (8802) of Israel <03478>_, and the strangers <01616> that came out <0935> (8802) of the land <0776> of Israel <03478>_, and that dwelt <03427> (8802) in Judah <03063>_, rejoiced <08055> (8799)_.
26So there was great <01419> joy <08057> in Jerusalem <03389>_: for since the time <03117> of Solomon <08010> the son <01121> of David <01732> king <04428> of Israel <03478> [there was] not the like in Jerusalem <03389>_.
27Then the priests <03548> the Levites <03881> arose <06965> (8799) and blessed <01288> (8762) the people <05971>_: and their voice <06963> was heard <08085> (8735)_, and their prayer <08605> came <0935> (8799) [up] to his holy <06944> dwelling place <04583>_, [even] unto heaven <08064>_. {his holy...: Heb. the habitation of his holiness}