2 Chronicles 17:10

JEHOS APHAT BECOMES A POWERFUL SOVEREIGN.

(10) The fear of the Lord. — A dread of Jehovah (pachad), Revelation 14:13, Revelation 20:29. (Comp. Exodus 15:16; 1 Samuel 11:7; Isaiah 2:10.) This phrase is not peculiar to the chronicler, as Keil and Bertheau assert. “The kingdoms of the lands” is so (2 Chronicles 12:8; 1 Chronicles 29:30).

They made no war. — The reward of Jehosha-phat’s piety (1 Chronicles 22:9; Proverbs 16:7): “When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.” (Comp. also Genesis 35:5)