So they established a decree to circulate a [a]proclamation throughout all Israel (A)from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was [b]prescribed. (B)The [c]couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “O sons of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from (C)the [d]hand of the kings of Assyria. (D)Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their fathers, so that (E)He made them a horror, as you see.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 30:5 Lit voice
  2. 2 Chronicles 30:5 Lit written
  3. 2 Chronicles 30:6 Lit runners
  4. 2 Chronicles 30:6 Lit palm