10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and Benjamin, fortified cities.

11 And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

13 And from all their territories the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel took their stand with him.

14 For the Levites left ^atheir common-lands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for ^bJeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests to the Lord.  ‡