2 Chronicles 11:14 meaning and explanation

For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 11:14, Berean Standard Bible

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After Solomon's death the kingdom split, and Jeroboam, king of the northern tribes, set up rival worship sites and appointed his own priests so his people would not travel to Jerusalem. The Levites, who had no tribal land but lived in towns scattered through Israel, lost their livelihood and standing.

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