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2 Chronicles 11:13

And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.

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In The King James Version

And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.

In Context

12And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

14For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:19See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

1 Kings 12:17(But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)

2 Kings 4:42Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.

2 Chronicles 23:2And they went through Judah, getting together the Levites and the heads of families in Israel from all the towns of Judah, and they came to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 23:38But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:2-13

Rehoboam Forbidden to Make War. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4 Thus saith the Lord , Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your… Read the whole commentary →

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