5Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built cities for siege in Judah.6He built Bethlehem, Etam, and Tekoa.7He built Beth-zur, Soco, and Adullam.8He built Gath, Mareshah, and Ziph.9He built Adoraim, Lachish, and Azekah.10He built Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, as fortress cities.11He strengthened the fortresses and placed leaders in them, along with stores of food, oil, and wine.12In every city he placed shields and spears, and he strengthened them greatly, so that Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.13The priests and the Levites who were throughout all Israel stood with him from every part of their border.14The Levites had forsaken their pasture and their possession and had gone to Judah and to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from ministering to the LORD.15He appointed priests for the high places, for the satyrs, and for the calves that he had made.16After them, from all the tribes of Israel, those who set their heart to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.17They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and confirmed Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.