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14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests. 15 Jeroboam[a] appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers[b] and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.[c] 16 Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem[d] to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 11:15 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Chronicles 11:15 tn Heb “for the high places.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 11:15 tn Heb “and for the goats and for the calves that he had made.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 11:16 tn Heb “and after them from all the tribes of Israel, the ones giving their heart[s] to seek the Lord God of Israel came [to] Jerusalem.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 11:16 tn Heb “fathers.”