¹⁰ The couriers travelled from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the inhabitants^[a] laughed at them and mocked them.^(A)

¹⁸ A large number of the people – many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun – were ritually unclean, yet they had eaten the Passover^(A) contrary to what was written.^(B) But Hezekiah had interceded for them, saying, ‘May the good Lord provide atonement on behalf of