Text: 2 Chronicles 11:14-15
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 12:25-32
Subject: Jeroboam expels Levites; they migrate to Judah
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler notes that the Levites abandoned their pasturelands and properties to come to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam "rejected them from serving as priests of the LORD" (2 Chr 11:14). This connects to 1 Kings 12:25-32, where Jeroboam appointed non-Levitical priests for his golden calves at Dan and Bethel. The Chronicler presents this Levitical migration as a theological referendum: the legitimate priests voted with their feet against Jeroboam's cultic innovations, strengthening Judah's claim to authentic Yahwistic worship and bolstering Rehoboam's kingdom with faithful clergy.