12. He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13. The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
14. For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to Yahweh.
15. He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.
16. After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.