Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
The Levites left their suburbs - They and the priests were expelled from their offices by Jeroboam, lest they should turn the hearts of the people to the true God, and then they would revolt to Judah, I Kings 12:26; and therefore he established a new worship, and made new gods.
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