24. King Hezekiah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the people to kill and eat, and the officials gave them another thousand bulls and 10,000 sheep. A large number of priests went through the ritual of purification.
25. So everyone was happy — the people of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the people who had come from the north, and the foreigners who had settled permanently in Israel and Judah.
26. The city of Jerusalem was filled with joy, because nothing like this had happened since the days of King Solomon, the son of David.
27. The priests and the Levites asked the Lord's blessing on the people. In his home in heaven God heard their prayers and accepted them.