11
He fortified the strongholds, appointed captains in charge of them and supplied them with food, olive oil and wine.
12
In every city he put shields and spears, making them very strong. Y'hudah and Binyamin stuck with him.
13
The cohanim and L'vi'im from wherever they lived throughout all Isra'el made themselves available to Rechav'am.
14
The L'vi'im left their pasture lands and property and came to Y'hudah and Yerushalayim; since Yarov'am and his sons had thrown them out, not allowing them to function as cohanim for ADONAI,
15
and had appointed for himself cohanim for the high places and for the images of goat-demons and calves that he had made.