2 Chronicles 11:11-17
Read 2 Chronicles 11 in full →11He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine. 12And he put large shields and spears in every city and strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
13Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel took their stand with him from all their territories.
Jeroboam Sets Up His Own Priests
14For athe Levites left their pasture lands and their possession of land and went to Judah and Jerusalem, for bJeroboam and his sons had rejected them from ministering as priests to Yahweh— 15aAnd he set up priests of his own for the high places, for the goat demons and for the calves which he had made— 16aNow those from all the tribes of Israel who gave their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, 1followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 17aThey strengthened the kingdom of Judah and gave courage to Rehoboam the son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.