14. And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they also took away all the altars for incense and cast them into the brook Kidron.
15. Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month, and the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves with shame and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
16. And they put themselves in order according to the ordinance, according to the law of Moses, the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hands of the Levites.
17. For there were yet many in the congregation that were not sanctified; therefore, the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for each one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.
18. For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, and they ate the passover not as it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon each one
19. that has prepared his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, even though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
20. And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah and healed the people.
21. Thus, the sons of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the solemnity of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord, day by day, with instruments of strength unto the Lord.
22. And Hezekiah spoke unto the heart of all the Levites that had good understanding to serve the Lord, and they ate the sacrifices of the feast for seven days, offering sacrifices of peace and giving thanks unto the Lord God of their fathers.
23. And the whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days, and they kept another seven days with gladness.
24. For Hezekiah, king of Judah, had given to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep, and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep, and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
25. And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26. So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.