11 ¹³ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all places where they lived. 11 ¹⁴ For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of Yahweh, 11 ¹⁵ and he appointed his own priests for the high places, and for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made. 11 ¹⁶ And those who had set their hearts to seek Yahweh God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 11 ¹⁷ They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.