King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And Hezekiah[H3169] sent[H7971] to[H5921] all[H3605] Israel[H3478] and Judah,[H3063] and wrote[H3789] letters[H107] also[H1571] to[H5921] Ephraim[H669] and Manasseh,[H4519] that they should come[H935] to the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] at Jerusalem,[H3389] to keep[H6213] the passover[H6453] unto the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel.[H3478]

2. For the king[H4428] had taken counsel,[H3289] and his princes,[H8269] and all[H3605] the congregation[H6951] in Jerusalem,[H3389] to keep[H6213] the passover[H6453] in the second[H8145] month.[H2320]

3. For[H3588] they could[H3201] not[H3808] keep[H6213] it at that[H1931] time,[H6256] because[H3588] the priests[H3548] had not[H3808] sanctified themselves[H6942] sufficiently,[H4078] neither[H3808] had the people[H5971] gathered themselves together[H622] to Jerusalem.[H3389]

4. And the thing[H1697] pleased[H3474] [H5869] the king[H4428] and all[H3605] the congregation.[H6951]

5. So they established[H5975] a decree[H1697] to make proclamation[H5674] [H6963] throughout all[H3605] Israel,[H3478] from Beer-sheba[H4480] [H884] even to[H5704] Dan,[H1835] that they should come[H935] to keep[H6213] the passover[H6453] unto the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel[H3478] at Jerusalem:[H3389] for[H3588] they had not[H3808] done[H6213] it of a long[H7230] time in such sort as it was written.[H3789]

6. So the posts[H7323] went[H1980] with the letters[H107] from[H4480] [H3027] the king[H4428] and his princes[H8269] throughout all[H3605] Israel[H3478] and Judah,[H3063] and according to the commandment[H4687] of the king,[H4428] saying,[H559] Ye children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] turn again[H7725] unto[H413] the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Abraham,[H85] Isaac,[H3327] and Israel,[H3478] and he will return[H7725] to[H413] the remnant[H7604] of you, that are escaped[H6413] out of the hand[H4480] [H3709] of the kings[H4428] of Assyria.[H804]

7. And be[H1961] not[H408] ye like your fathers,[H1] and like your brethren,[H251] which[H834] trespassed[H4603] against the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of their fathers,[H1] who therefore gave them up[H5414] to desolation,[H8047] as[H834] ye[H859] see.[H7200]

8. Now[H6258] be ye not stiffnecked,[H408] [H7185] [H6203] as your fathers[H1] were, but yield[H5414] [H3027] yourselves unto the LORD,[H3068] and enter[H935] into his sanctuary,[H4720] which[H834] he hath sanctified[H6942] forever:[H5769] and serve[H5647] [H853] the LORD[H3068] your God,[H430] that the fierceness[H2740] of his wrath[H639] may turn away[H7725] from[H4480] you.

9. For[H3588] if ye turn again[H7725] unto[H5921] the LORD,[H3068] your brethren[H251] and your children[H1121] shall find compassion[H7356] before[H6440] them that lead them captive,[H7617] so that they shall come again[H7725] into this[H2063] land:[H776] for[H3588] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] is gracious[H2587] and merciful,[H7349] and will not[H3808] turn away[H5493] his face[H6440] from[H4480] you, if[H518] ye return[H7725] unto[H413] him.

10. So the posts[H7323] passed[H1961] [H5674] from city[H4480] [H5892] to city[H5892] through the country[H776] of Ephraim[H669] and Manasseh[H4519] even unto[H5704] Zebulun:[H2074] but they laughed them to scorn,[H1961] [H7832] [H5921] and mocked[H3932] them.

11. Nevertheless[H389] divers[H376] of Asher[H4480] [H836] and Manasseh[H4519] and of Zebulun[H4480] [H2074] humbled themselves,[H3665] and came[H935] to Jerusalem.[H3389]

12. Also[H1571] in Judah[H3063] the hand[H3027] of God[H430] was[H1961] to give[H5414] them one[H259] heart[H3820] to do[H6213] the commandment[H4687] of the king[H4428] and of the princes,[H8269] by the word[H1697] of the LORD.[H3068]

13. And there assembled[H622] at Jerusalem[H3389] much[H7227] people[H5971] to keep[H6213] [H853] the feast[H2282] of unleavened bread[H4682] in the second[H8145] month,[H2320] a very[H3966] great[H7230] congregation.[H6951]

14. And they arose[H6965] and took away[H5493] [H853] the altars[H4196] that[H834] were in Jerusalem,[H3389] and all[H3605] the altars for incense[H6999] took they away,[H5493] and cast[H7993] them into the brook[H5158] Kidron.[H6939]

15. Then they killed[H7819] the passover[H6453] on the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] day of the second[H8145] month:[H2320] and the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] were ashamed,[H3637] and sanctified themselves,[H6942] and brought in[H935] the burnt offerings[H5930] into the house[H1004] of the LORD.[H3068]

16. And they stood[H5975] in[H5921] their place[H5977] after their manner,[H4941] according to the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872] the man[H376] of God:[H430] the priests[H3548] sprinkled[H2236] [H853] the blood,[H1818] which they received of the hand[H4480] [H3027] of the Levites.[H3881]

17. For[H3588] there were many[H7227] in the congregation[H6951] that[H834] were not[H3808] sanctified:[H6942] therefore the Levites[H3881] had the charge of[H5921] the killing[H7821] of the passovers[H6453] for every one[H3605] that was not[H3808] clean,[H2889] to sanctify[H6942] them unto the LORD.[H3068]

18. For[H3588] a multitude[H4768] of the people,[H5971] even many[H7227] of Ephraim,[H4480] [H669] and Manasseh,[H4519] Issachar,[H3485] and Zebulun,[H2074] had not[H3808] cleansed themselves,[H2891] yet[H3588] did they eat[H398] [H853] the passover[H6453] otherwise[H3808] than it was written.[H3789] But[H3588] Hezekiah[H3169] prayed[H6419] for[H5921] them, saying,[H559] The good[H2896] LORD[H3068] pardon[H3722] every one[H1157]

19. That prepareth[H3559] his heart[H3824] to seek[H1875] God,[H430] the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of his fathers,[H1] though he be not[H3808] cleansed according to the purification[H2893] of the sanctuary.[H6944]

20. And the LORD[H3068] hearkened[H8085] to[H413] Hezekiah,[H3169] and healed[H7495] [H853] the people.[H5971]

21. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] that were present[H4672] at Jerusalem[H3389] kept[H6213] [H853] the feast[H2282] of unleavened bread[H4682] seven[H7651] days[H3117] with great[H1419] gladness:[H8057] and the Levites[H3881] and the priests[H3548] praised[H1984] the LORD[H3068] day[H3117] by day,[H3117] singing with loud[H5797] instruments[H3627] unto the LORD.[H3068]

22. And Hezekiah[H3169] spoke[H1696] comfortably[H5921] [H3820] unto all[H3605] the Levites[H3881] that taught[H7919] the good[H2896] knowledge[H7922] of the LORD:[H3068] and they did eat[H398] throughout[H854] the feast[H4150] seven[H7651] days,[H3117] offering[H2076] peace[H8002] offerings,[H2077] and making confession[H3034] to the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of their fathers.[H1]

23. And the whole[H3605] assembly[H6951] took counsel[H3289] to keep[H6213] other[H312] seven[H7651] days:[H3117] and they kept[H6213] other seven[H7651] days[H3117] with gladness.[H8057]

24. For[H3588] Hezekiah[H2396] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] did give[H7311] to the congregation[H6951] a thousand[H505] bullocks[H6499] and seven[H7651] thousand[H505] sheep;[H6629] and the princes[H8269] gave[H7311] to the congregation[H6951] a thousand[H505] bullocks[H6499] and ten[H6235] thousand[H505] sheep:[H6629] and a great number[H7230] of priests[H3548] sanctified themselves.[H6942]

25. And all[H3605] the congregation[H6951] of Judah,[H3063] with the priests[H3548] and the Levites,[H3881] and all[H3605] the congregation[H6951] that came[H935] out of Israel,[H4480] [H3478] and the strangers[H1616] that came[H935] out of the land[H4480] [H776] of Israel,[H3478] and that dwelt[H3427] in Judah,[H3063] rejoiced.[H8055]

26. So there was[H1961] great[H1419] joy[H8057] in Jerusalem:[H3389] for[H3588] since the time[H4480] [H3117] of Solomon[H8010] the son[H1121] of David[H1732] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] there was not[H3808] the like[H2063] in Jerusalem.[H3389]

27. Then the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881] arose[H6965] and blessed[H1288] [H853] the people:[H5971] and their voice[H6963] was heard,[H8085] and their prayer[H8605] came[H935] up to his holy[H6944] dwelling place,[H4583] even unto heaven.[H8064]