In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.

He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the Lord God of his ancestors.

As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, men were assigned to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.