2 Chronicles 11:13-17
New English Translation
13 The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided.[a] 14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests. 15 Jeroboam[b] appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers[c] and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.[d] 16 Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem[e] to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors.[f] 17 They supported[g] the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to[h] Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of[i] David and Solomon for three years.
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- 2 Chronicles 11:13 tn Heb “and the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel supported him from all their territory.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:15 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 11:15 tn Heb “for the high places.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:15 tn Heb “and for the goats and for the calves that he had made.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:16 tn Heb “and after them from all the tribes of Israel, the ones giving their heart[s] to seek the Lord God of Israel came [to] Jerusalem.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:16 tn Heb “fathers.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:17 tn Or “strengthened.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:17 tn Or “strengthened.”
- 2 Chronicles 11:17 tn Heb “they walked in the way of.”
2 Chronicles 11:13-17
English Standard Version
Priests and Levites Come to Jerusalem
13 And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel presented themselves to him from all places where they lived. 14 For the Levites left (A)their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, (B)because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the Lord, 15 and he appointed his own (C)priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for (D)the calves that he had made. 16 (E)And those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 17 (F)They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
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