9. Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10. Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were strong, walled cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11. When Rehoboam made those cities strong, he put commanders and supplies of food, oil, and wine in them.
12. Also, Rehoboam put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. Rehoboam kept the people of Judah and Benjamin under his control.
13. The priests and the Levites from all over Israel joined Rehoboam.
14. The Levites even left their pasturelands and property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests to the Lord.
15. Jeroboam chose his own priests for the places of worship and for the goat and calf idols he had made.
16. There were people from all the tribes of Israel who wanted to obey the Lord, the God of Israel. So they went to Jerusalem with the Levites to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.