2 Tawarikh 30:1

Hezekiah Observes the Passover

30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem ¹  and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 30:18

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 

2 Tawarikh 34:6-7

34:6 In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins ⁴  around them, 34:7 he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

[30:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[30:18]  ² tn Heb “without what is written.”

[30:18]  ³ tn Heb “make atonement for.”

[34:6]  ⁴ tn “In their ruins” is the marginal reading (Qere) of the Hebrew text.