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Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.
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Verse 11. Philistines. Though they had been reduced by David, they had sometimes proved remiss in the payment of tribute.—Arabians, who lived near the Ethiopians, and the Dead Sea. Calmet. 21:19. They had been subdued by Solomon, (3 Kennicott. 10:15) and were rich in cattle. Ezekiel 27:21. The name is not so comprehensive as we generally make it. Calmet.
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