1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ⁴  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ⁵ 

1 Kings 17:13

17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. ⁶  But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

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 ⁷  of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

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¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

² tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

⁴ sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

⁵ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

⁶ tn Heb “according to your word.”

⁷ 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.