2 Chronicles 11:13-17
New American Standard Bible
13 Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel also stood with him from all their districts.
Jeroboam Appoints False Priests
14 For (A)the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because (B)Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the Lord. 15 (C)He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and the calves which he had made. 16 (D)Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the Lord God of Israel [a]followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers. 17 (E)They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam the son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
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- 2 Chronicles 11:16 Lit came after
2 Chronicles 11:13-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 The priests and Levites from all their regions throughout Israel took their stand with Rehoboam, 14 for the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions(A) and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests of Yahweh.(B) 15 Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places,(C) the goat-demons,(D) and the golden calves he had made.(E) 16 Those from every tribe of Israel who had determined in their hearts to seek Yahweh their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years,(F) because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
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