1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and those of the house of Yehuda, also he wrote a letter to those of the house of Aphreim and to those of the house of Manasheh, to come to the house of LORD JEHOVAH in Jerusalem, to make a feast for LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel. 2And the King and his Princes and all the people of Israel who were in Jerusalem had planned to make a feast to LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, in the second month, 3Because they were unable to do it at that time, because the Priests were not hallowed, and the Teachers of the people were not gathered to Jerusalem. 4And the matter was beautiful in the eyes of the King and in the eyes of all the people of Israel. 5And they exalted and confirmed the word to do it, and they conveyed the message into all Israel from Beersheba and unto Dan, to come and to make the feast to LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, in Jerusalem, because they had great plenty for it. 6And Runners went with the letters of the King and of his Princes into all Israel and Yehuda by the commandment of the King, and were saying: “Children of Israel, return to LORD JEHOVAH, the God of Abraham and of Ishaq and of Israel, and he will return the remnant that was remaining of you from the hands of the King of Assyria! 7You shall not be like your fathers and like your brethren who were false to LORD JEHOVAH, God of our fathers, and he gave them to a curse, just as you see. 8Also now, you shall not harden your necks like your fathers, but enter the Holy Place, that which is hallowed for eternity, and work for LORD JEHOVAH your God, that he would turn the heat of his wrath from you. 9Because he has been revealed to you and to your brethren and to your children, and he shall give you favor before the eyes of your captors, and he will return you to this land, because LORD JEHOVAH your God is compassionate and loving, and he shall not turn his face from you when you are turned to him!”

10And there were Couriers of King Hezekiah passing from town to town in the land of Aphreim and of Manasheh and unto Zebulun. 11And wicked men were laughing at them and heaping scorn upon them, who were in the tribe of the house of Ashir, and the tribe of the house of Aphreim, and the tribe of the house of Manasheh, and the tribe of the house of Zebalaun. 12And the rest of these tribes broke down in their hearts, and they came to Jerusalem with the tribe of the house of Yehuda, and the hand of LORD JEHOVAH was upon them to give them one heart to do the commandment of the King and of his Princes, according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH.

13And many people were assembled to Jerusalem to make the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, very many people. 14And they arose and they toppled the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they pulled down all the high places of idols, and they cast them into the valley of Qedrown. 15And they made Passover on the fourteenth, for seven days in the second month, and the Priests and the Levites were sanctified, and they brought sacrifices to the house of LORD JEHOVAH. 16And they stood at their place where it appears as it is written in the law of Moshe the Prophet of LORD JEHOVAH. The Priests were bringing blood from the hands of the Levites. 17For many were among the people of Israel who were not hallowed, and the Levites stood for them for the slaughter of the lambs, and they were looking for everyone whoever was pure to be hallowed to LORD JEHOVAH. 18Because many were among the people of Israel from those of the house of Aphreim and Manasheh and Issakar and Zabalaun, these four tribes that had not been purged, because they had eaten the Passover, which was not in the law, because Hezekiah prayed for them and said to them: “The good God shall make atonement in the place of all the people of Israel, 19Because we have prepared our heart to pray to LORD JEHOVAH, God of our fathers, and the holy place is no purer than we are!” 20And LORD JEHOVAH heard the voice of Hezekiah and he healed the people. 21And the children of Israel who were found in Jerusalem made the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days in great joy; and the Levites were singing to LORD JEHOVAH every day in the daytime with the hymns of praise of their mouths, and the Priests with hymns of praise. 22And Hezekiah spoke with all the Levites who were singing good songs before LORD JEHOVAH, and the men were eating for seven days and they were sacrificing peace sacrifices to LORD JEHOVAH, and they were giving thanks to LORD JEHOVAH, God of their fathers.

23And all the people of Israel were constrained to make seven extra days, and seven days of joy. 24Because Hezekiah, King of Yehuda, set apart and gave the people seven thousand animals, great and small, and set apart and gave to the people of Israel one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep, and many Priests were consecrated. 25And all the people of Yehuda rejoiced, and the Priests, and the Levites, and all the people who come from the people of Israel, and the proselytes who come from the land of Israel, and those who dwell in Yehuda. 26And there was great joy in Jerusalem, because from the days of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel, there was nothing like this in Jerusalem. 27And the Priests and the Levites stood, and they blessed the people of Israel. And LORD JEHOVAH listened to their voice, and their prayer entered unto the seat of his holiness in Heaven.