1 Kings 16:16

16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: ¹  “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” ²  So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

1 Kings 20:12

20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, ³  he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. ⁴  He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.

1 Kings 20:27

20:27 When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks ⁵  of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

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¹ tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”

² tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”

³ tn Heb “When he heard this word.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.

⁵ tn The noun translated “small flocks” occurs only here. The common interpretation derives the word from the verbal root חשׂף, “to strip off; to make bare.” In this case the noun refers to something “stripped off” or “made bare.” HALOT 359 s.v. II חשׂף derives the noun from a proposed homonymic verbal root (which occurs only in Ps 29:9) meaning “cause a premature birth.” In this case the derived noun could refer to goats that are undersized because they are born prematurely.