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2 Chronicles 30:18

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What does 2 Chronicles 30:18 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every one” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every one
2 Chronicles 30:18 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah.
16And they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.
17For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Jehovah.
18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every one
19that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
20And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, [singing] with loud instruments unto Jehovah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, etc.] All which were of the ten tribes, where idolatry had prevailed for a long time: had not cleansed themselves; from impurity contracted by idolatry and other things: yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written; because they ate it in their uncleanness, which was not according to the law, that required that such should be clean that ate of any holy things, (see <431828>John 18:28) but since these people came a great way off, and there was no deferring it to another month, the king chose rather they should be admitted to eat of it, though in their uncleanness: but Hezekiah prayed for…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“many of Ephraim: Ch2 30:11 had not cleansed: Num 9:10-14, Num 19:20; Co1 11:28 the passover: Exo 12:43-51 prayed: Gen 20:7, Gen 20:17; Job 42:8, Job 42:9; Jam 5:15, Jam 5:16; Jo1 5:16 The good: Ch2 6:21; Exo 34:6-9; Num 14:18-20; Psa 25:8, Psa 36:5, Psa 86:5, Psa 119:68; Dan 9:19 2 Chronicles 30:19”
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