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2 Chronicles 11

2 Chron. 11:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
left
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
theirp suburbs
migrash (Hebrew #4054)
from 1644; a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea
KJV usage: cast out, suburb.
Pronounce: mig-rawsh'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine (Ezek. 27:28) migrashah {mig-raw-shaw'}
and their possession
'achuzzah (Hebrew #272)
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
KJV usage: possession.
Pronounce: akh-ooz-zaw'
Origin: feminine passive participle from 270
, and came
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
to Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
and Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
: for Jeroboam
Yarob`am (Hebrew #3379)
(the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
KJV usage: Jeroboam.
Pronounce: yaw-rob-awm'
Origin: from 7378 and 5971
and his sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
had cast them off
zanach (Hebrew #2186)
a primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e. reject, forsake, fail
KJV usage: cast away (off), remove far away (off).
Pronounce: zaw-nakh'
q from executing the priest’s office
kahan (Hebrew #3547)
but used only as denominative from 3548; to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
KJV usage: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
Pronounce: kaw-han'
Origin: a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Num. 35:2• 2Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites. (Num. 35:2)
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2 Chron. 13:9• 9Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests as the peoples of the lands? whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what is not God. (2 Chron. 13:9)

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suburbs.
Num. 35:2‑5• 2Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.
 3And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
 4And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.
 5And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities. (Num. 35:2‑5)
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Josh. 21:20‑42• 20And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, they gave cities. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,
 21and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
 22and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;
 23and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,
 24Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;
 25and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.
 26All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
 27And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs: two cities;
 28and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs,
 29Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities;
 30and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,
 31Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;
 32and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.
 33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.
 34And to the families of the children of Merari, that remained of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,
 35Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;
 36and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
 37Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;
 38and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
 39Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.
 40These were all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.
 41All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.
 42Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities. (Josh. 21:20‑42)
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1 Chron. 6:66‑81• 66And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim,
 67they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
 68and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs,
 69and Ajalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;
 70and out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs,--for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
 71To the children of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;
 72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, Dobrath and its suburbs,
 73and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;
 74and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs,
 75and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs;
 76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs.
 77To the children of Merari that remained were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its suburbs, and Tabor and its suburbs;
 78and on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
 79and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;
 80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
 81and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jaazer and its suburbs. (1 Chron. 6:66‑81)
their possession.
Lev. 27:30‑34• 30And as to every tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of the tree, it is Jehovah's: it is holy to Jehovah.
 31And if any one will at all redeem of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth thereof.
 32And as to every tithe of the herd, or of the flock, of whatever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Jehovah.
 33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and the exchange thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
 34These are the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel upon mount Sinai. (Lev. 27:30‑34)
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Num. 18:21‑28• 21And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.
 22Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.
 23But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;
 24for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel.
 25And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
 26And to the Levites shalt thou speak, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer a heave-offering from it for Jehovah, the tenth of the tithe.
 27And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the corn from the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
 28Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. (Num. 18:21‑28)
Jeroboam.
2 Chron. 13:9• 9Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests as the peoples of the lands? whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what is not God. (2 Chron. 13:9)
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1 Kings 12:28‑33• 28And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
 29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
 30And this thing became a sin; and the people went to worship before the one, as far as Dan.
 31And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
 32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
 33And he offered upon the altar that he had made in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he made a feast for the children of Israel, and he offered upon the altar, burning incense. (1 Kings 12:28‑33)
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1 Kings 13:33• 33After this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made again from all classes of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. (1 Kings 13:33)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from exercising the priesthood to Jehovah;