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Nevertheless, ^(C1)some men of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

The ^(C1)hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD.

Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread ^(C1)in the second month, a very large assembly.

They got up and removed the altars which were in Jerusalem; they also ^(C1)removed all the incense altars and ^(C2)threw them into the brook Kidron.

Then ^(C1)they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And ^(C2)the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

^(C1)They stood at their stations following their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites.

For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, ^(C1)the Levites were in charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the LORD.

For a multitude of the people, ^(C1)many from Ephraim and Manasseh, and Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, ^(C2)yet they ate the Passover ^(C3)contrary to what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the good LORD pardon