The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the <sc>Lordsc>. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the <sc>Lordsc>, singing:<n id="1" /> &#8220;Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!&#8221; Then a cloud filled the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">When Athaliah heard the royal guard<n id="1" /> shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd<n id="2" /> at the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the <sc>Lordsc> the tax that Moses, God&#8217;s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.<n id="1" />

So they sent an edict<n id="1" /> throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people<n id="2" /> to come and observe a Passover for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the first year of the reign of<n id="1" /> King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah,<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> moved<n id="3" /> King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.