12and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.
13And the priests, and the Levites, that [are] in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,
14for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to Jehovah,
15and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made --
16and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father.
17And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
18And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and] Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.
