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Now, in the third year of this reign, he called together the rulers
of the country, and the priests, and commanded them to go round the land,
and teach all the people that were under him, city by city, the laws of
Moses, and to keep them, and to be diligent in the worship of God. With
this the whole multitude was so pleased, that they were not so eagerly
set upon or affected with any thing so much as the observation of the laws.
The neighboring nations also continued to love Jehoshaphat, and to be at
peace with him. The Philistines paid their appointed tribute, and the Arabians
supplied him every year with three hundred and sixty lambs, and as many
kids of the goats. He also fortified the great cities, which were many
in number, and of great consequence. He prepared also a mighty army of
soldiers and weapons against their enemies. Now the army of men that wore
their armor, was three hundred thousand of the tribe of Judah, of whom
Adnah was the chief; but John was chief of two hundred thousand. The same
man was chief of the tribe of Benjamin, and had two hundred thousand archers
under him. There was another chief, whose name was Jehozabad, who had a
hundred and fourscore thousand armed men. This multitude was distributed
to he ready for the king's service, besides those whom he sent to the best
fortified cities.
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