¹⁴ They took an oath to the Lord with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.

¹⁵ All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God^(A) eagerly, and he was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest^(B) on every side.

¹⁸ Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the Lord in the hands of the Levitical priests,^(A) to whom David had made assignments in the temple,^(B) to present the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered.

²¹ All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.^(A)

³⁰ King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

³⁶ Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.^(A)

²¹ The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread^(A) for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and priests praised the Lord every day with resounding instruments dedicated to the Lord.^[a]

²³ The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate^(A) the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully.

²⁶ There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon^(A) son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.