And the thing was right in the eyes of the king, and in the eyes of the assembly.
And all the assembly said to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
since they could not do it at that time, for the priests had not sanctified themselves enough. And the people had not been gathered to Jerusalem.
And they established a decree to pass through a call to all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, to come to make a Passover to Jehovah the God of Israel in Jerusalem. For not many of them had done as it is written.