⁵ So they established a decree to circulate a ^[a]proclamation throughout Israel ^(A)from Beersheba to Dan, that they are to come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as was written. ^6 (B)The ^[b]couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “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 ^[c]hand of the kings of Assyria. ^7 (D)Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were untrue to the Lord God of their fathers, so that ^(E)He made them an object of horror, just as you see.