1 HEZEKIAH SENT to all Israel [as well as] Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord's house at Jerusalem to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem took counsel to keep the Passover in the second month. [Num. 9:10, 11.]
3 For they could not keep it at the set time because not enough priests had sanctified themselves, neither had the people assembled in Jerusalem.
4 The new time pleased the king and all the assembly.