11:14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests.
11:15 Jeroboam 1 appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers 2 and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made. 3
1 tnHeb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tnHeb “for the high places.”
3 tnHeb “and for the goats and for the calves he had made.”