11:14a For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem,

The Levites even left their pasture land and their possessions. They came to Jerusalem and other places in Judah
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The descendants of Levi even moved to Judah and Jerusalem Town. They left behind their grazing land and other things they owned.

11:14b because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

because King Jeroboam and his sons did not allow them to serve as priests of Yahweh.
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They did this because King Jeroboam and his sons stopped the Levites from serving as Yahweh’s sacrificers.

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