10. Zorah, Aijalon in the northwest, and central Hebron, all of which were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11. He strengthened the fortresses and set leaders in them with stockpiles of food, oil, and wine.
12. And in all the cities he placed shields and spears, and he greatly strengthened these places. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
13. And the priests and Levites in all Israel came before him from all their territories.
14. For the Levites left their pasture lands and properties, and they traveled to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons excluded them from serving as priests to the Lord.
15. And he set for himself priests for the high places and for the goat and calf idols that he made.
16. And those who set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel followed after them from all the tribes of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.