1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also
2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the
3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had
4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all
6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes
7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which
8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield
9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your
10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of
11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled
12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do
13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast
14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem,
15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the
16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to
17 For there were many in the congregation that were not
18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and
20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept
22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught
23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days:
24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a
25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the
26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of
27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and