2Ch 30:18 | ESV | STEP | For a majority of the people , many of them from Ephraim , Manasseh , Issachar , and Zebulun , had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed . For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying , May the good Lord pardon everyone

‏ 2 Chronicles 30:18

18 For a majority of the people, ^amany of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise ^bthan as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon everyone