8 Their assistants were the following nine Levites: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah. Two priests, Elishama and Jehoram, also went along.
9 They carried with them a copy of the Lord's Law wherever they went and taught the people from it.
10 The nations around Judah were afraid of the Lord's power, so none of them attacked Jehoshaphat.
11 Philistines brought him silver and other gifts to keep peace. Some of the Arab people brought him seventy-seven hundred rams and the same number of goats.
12 As Jehoshaphat became more powerful, he built fortresses and cities
13 where he stored supplies. He also kept in Jerusalem some experienced soldiers
14 from the Judah and Benjamin tribes. These soldiers were grouped according to their clans.Adnah was the commander of the troops from Judah, and he had three hundred thousand soldiers under his command.