18 For a great number of the people, especially those from Eʹphra·im, Ma·nasʹseh,+ Isʹsa·char, and Zebʹu·lun, had not cleansed themselves, but they still ate the Passover, contrary to what is written. But Hez·e·kiʹah prayed for them, saying: “May Jehovah, who is good,+ make allowance for