2 Chronicles 11:13

And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel were gathered to him out of all the coasts.

Brenton Septuagint

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

12shields and spears in every several city, and he fortified them very strongly, and he had on his side Juda and Benjamin.

14For the Levites left the tents of their possession, and went to Juda to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had ejected them so that they should not minister to the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:19Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time that thou livest upon the earth.

2 Kings 4:42And there came a man over from Bætharisa, and brought to the man of God twenty barley loaves and cakes of figs, of the first-fruits. And he said, Give to the people, and let them eat.

2 Chronicles 23:2And they went round about Juda, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 23:38Therefore thus saith the Lord our God; Because ye have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden 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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