Levites: Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam

Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam. …

But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods. …