2 Chronicles 11:12-16
2 Chronicles 11:12
He put shields and spears in every city and strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
2 Chronicles 11:13
Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel also stood with him from all their districts. Jeroboam Appoints False Priests
2 Chronicles 11:14
For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 11:15
He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and the calves which he had made.
2 Chronicles 11:16
Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.