2 Chronicles 30:10-11
30:10 The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. 1
30:11 But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:18-20
30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law.
2 For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the
Lord, who is good, forgive
3
30:19 everyone who has determined to follow God,
4 the
Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”
5
30:20 The
Lord responded favorably
6 to Hezekiah and forgave
7 the people.
1 tn Heb “and they were mocking them and ridiculing them.”
2 tn Heb “without what is written.”
3 tn Heb “make atonement for.”
4 tn Heb “everyone [who] has prepared his heart to seek God.”
5 tn Heb “and not according to the purification of the holy place.”
6 tn Heb “listened.”
7 tn Heb “healed.”