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12 He supplied every city with shields and spears. He did all these things to make them very strong places. So Rehoboam kept his authority over Judah and Benjamin.

13 The priests and Levites who lived everywhere in Israel agreed to serve Rehoboam. 14 The Levites even left their lands and their houses to come to Judah and Jerusalem.[a] They came because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve the Lord as his priests.

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  1. 11:14 Jerusalem was the capital city of Judah. King Rehoboam lived there. God's temple was also there.