2 Chronicles 11:14

Easy To Read Version

The Levites left their grasslands and their own fields and came to Judah and Jerusalem. The Levites did this because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests to the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:33

King Jeroboam did not change. He continued doing evil things. He continued to choose people from different family groups to become priests. [173] Those priests served at the high places. [174] Any person who wanted to be a priest was allowed to become a priest.

2 Chronicles 11:13

The priests and the Levites from all over Israel agreed with Rehoboam and joined him.

2 Chronicles 13:9

You threw out the Lord’s priests, the descendants of Aaron. And you threw out the Levites. Then you chose your own priests, just like every other nation on earth. And now, any person that will bring a young bull and seven rams can become a priest! A priest to serve those ‘No-gods’.

Numbers 35:8

The large families of Israel {will get large pieces of land}. The small families of Israel {will get small pieces of land}. So the large family groups will give more cities and the small family groups will give fewer cities to the Levites.”