1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.stylusExodus 12:3, Exodus 12:20, Hosea 7:8, Hosea 7:9, Deuteronomy 16:22For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.stylusNumbers 9:10, Numbers 9:11, Numbers 9:10, Numbers 9:11, 2 Chronicles 30:133For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.stylus2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Exodus 12:18, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:184And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.stylus1 Chronicles 13:4, 1 Chronicles 13:45So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.stylusJudges 20:1, Judges 20:1, 2 Chronicles 35:18, Ezra 6:8, Ezra 6:126So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.stylus2 Kings 15:19, Esther 8:14, Jeremiah 4:1, Jeremiah 51:31, 2 Kings 15:297And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.stylus2 Chronicles 29:8, 2 Chronicles 29:8, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:18, Zechariah 1:38Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.stylusExodus 32:9, 2 Chronicles 29:10, Exodus 32:9, 2 Chronicles 29:10, Deuteronomy 10:169For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.stylusIsaiah 55:7, Isaiah 55:7, Micah 7:18, Micah 7:18, Psalms 106:4610So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.stylus2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Chronicles 30:6, 2 Chronicles 30:6, Job 12:411Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.stylus2 Chronicles 30:21, 2 Chronicles 30:18, 2 Chronicles 30:21, 2 Chronicles 30:18, 2 Chronicles 30:2512Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.stylusJeremiah 32:39, Jeremiah 32:39, Philippians 2:13, Jeremiah 24:7, Philippians 2:1313And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.stylus2 Chronicles 30:2, Psalms 84:7, 2 Chronicles 30:2, Psalms 84:714And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.stylus2 Chronicles 28:24, 2 Chronicles 28:24, 2 Chronicles 29:16, 2 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Samuel 15:2315Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.stylus2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Ezekiel 16:61, Ezekiel 16:63, Ezekiel 43:1016And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.stylus2 Chronicles 35:15, Deuteronomy 33:1, 2 Chronicles 35:15, Deuteronomy 33:1, Leviticus 1:517For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.stylus2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 35:3, 2 Chronicles 35:6, 2 Chronicles 35:318For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every onestylusJames 5:15, James 5:16, 1 Corinthians 11:28, James 5:15, James 5:1619That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.stylus2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 19:3, Proverbs 23:26, Proverbs 23:26, Psalms 10:1720And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.stylusExodus 15:26, Exodus 15:26, Psalms 103:3, James 5:15, James 5:1621And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lord.stylusExodus 12:15, Exodus 13:6, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 13:6, Nehemiah 8:1022And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.stylus2 Chronicles 32:6, Nehemiah 9:3, 2 Chronicles 32:6, Nehemiah 9:3, Ezra 10:1123And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.stylus1 Kings 8:65, 1 Kings 8:65, 2 Chronicles 7:9, 2 Chronicles 7:924For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.stylus2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 35:7, 2 Chronicles 35:8, 2 Chronicles 35:725And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.stylus2 Chronicles 30:11, 2 Chronicles 30:11, 2 Chronicles 30:18, 2 Chronicles 30:18, Psalms 104:3426So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.stylus2 Chronicles 7:8, 2 Chronicles 7:10, 2 Chronicles 7:8, 2 Chronicles 7:1027Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.stylusDeuteronomy 26:15, Psalms 68:5, Deuteronomy 26:15, Psalms 68:5, 2 Chronicles 23:18