2Ch 30:18 | HCSB | STEP | A large number of the people – many from Ephraim , Manasseh , Issachar , and Zebulun – were ritually unclean , yet they had eaten the Passover contrary to what was written . But Hezekiah had interceded for them, saying , “May the good Lord provide atonement on behalf of

2 Chronicles 30:18

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 ^{▼▼atone/ atonement: A theological term for God's provision to deal with human sin. In the OT, it primarily means purification. In some contexts forgiveness, pardon, expiation, propitiation, or reconciliation is included. The basis of atonement is substitutionary sacrifice offered in faith. The OT sacrifices were types and shadows of the great and final sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.}atonement on behalf of