style and spirit; and it seems safer to conclude that, while there _may_ possibly have been some tradition connecting Jehoshaphat with such reforms, this account in Chronicles is essentially due to the Chronicler and reflects the situation of his own times. =9.= _the book of the law of the LORD_] The Chronicler of course meant by this the Pentateuch as we have it. If, however, these verses are drawn from an old source (see the previous note) then the reference in the original may have been to one of the earlier codes embedded in the present Pentateuch. =10‒13= (no parallel in 1 Kings). THE GREATNESS OF JEHOSHAPHAT. ¹⁰And the fear of the LORD¹ fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. ¹ Or, _a terror from the LORD_. =10.= _the fear of the LORD_] Compare xx. 29; Genesis xxxxv. 5. ¹¹And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats. =11.= _some of the Philistines_] See the following note, and also xxvi. 6 (note). _the Arabians_] compare xxi. 16. The term is here used to signify the desert tribes, in particular those on the south and south-west of Judah. It would be specially impressive to the contemporaries of the Chronicler, because by that period an Arabian people, the Nabateans, had established a powerful state to the south of Judah. On the other hand the Philistines would of course be familiar from the references to them in Samuel and Kings. The tradition that tribute was received from them and from some desert tribes may possibly be correct, especially if Zerah’s army was Arabian (xiv. 8, note) and if Asa’s victory over him is historical. _flocks_] compare 2 Kings iii. 4. ¹²And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. ¹³And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valour, in Jerusalem. =12.= _castles_] Hebrew _bīrāniyyōth_; compare xxvii. 4 (same word); and xxvi. 10 (“towers”). Such small castles or towers lie scattered along the pilgrim-road from Damascus to Mecca at the present day to make the way safe. See Introduction § 7, p. xlviii. _cities of store_] compare xi. 11, 12. =14‒19= (no parallel in 1 Kings). THE NUMBER OF JEHOSHAPHAT’S ARMY.