Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
Their possession
Jeroboam
General references
Bible References
Suburbs
Numbers 35:2
Command the sons of Israel, that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in. And ye shall give suburbs for the cities round about them to the Levites.
Joshua 21:20
And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
1 Chronicles 6:66
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Their possession
Leviticus 27:30
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is LORD's; it is holy to LORD.
Numbers 18:21
And to the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
Jeroboam
2 Chronicles 13:9
Have ye not driven out the priests of LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for you after the manner of the peoples of [other] lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven r
1 Kings 12:28
Whereupon 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, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 13:33
After this thing Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but again made from among all the people priests of the high places. Whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
General references
Numbers 35:3
And they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.