2 Chronicles 11:5-17

5So Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

6And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

7Beth Zur, Sochoh, Adullam,

8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and Benjamin, fortified cities.

11And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

12Also in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

13And from all their territories the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel took their stand with him.

14For the Levites left their common-lands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests to the Lord.

15Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made.

16And after the Levites left, those from all the tribes of Israel, such as set their heart to seek the Lord God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.

17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.