8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron; these were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11 Then he strengthened the fortifications and put commanders in them, along with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
12 In every city were shields and spears, and he made them very strong. Thus Judah and Benjamin remained his.
13 Now the priests and Levites throughout Israel presented themselves to him from all parts of their land,
14 for the Levites left their assigned pasture lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons rejected them as priests of the Lord.