Note Note I — NOTES TO CHAPTER IV.

The eastern Christians call the Valley of Jehoshaphat in the language of the country Wady el-Nar (Valley of Fire); a name which is also given to it by the Mohammedans, from the belief that the general judgment will take place there. If we interpret the name Jehoshaphat according to the idea of the Jews, its meaning is judgment of God, for the Chaldee in the passage in Joel (chap. iii. 2, 12, 15), instead of saying "in the valley of Jehoshaphat," translates it thus, "in the valley of the division of judgment." If we are to accept the opinion of Calmet, that by the valley of Jehoshaphat we are to understand the valley of Jezreel, we cannot believe that the final judgment is to take place in this valley, which is close under the walls of Jerusalem, but in that of Jezreel.