2 Chronicles 11:13
The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.
New Heart English Bible
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:19Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
1 Kings 12:17But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
2 Kings 4:42A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."
2 Chronicles 23:2They went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 23:38But if you say, "The burden of the Lord"; therefore thus says the Lord: Because you say this word, "The burden of the Lord," and I have sent to you, saying, "You 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 →