And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

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 was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;