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1 Kings 20:27

The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

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ASV

And the children of Israel were mustered, and were victualled, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

KJV

And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
הָתְפָּקְדוּ֙ha.te.pa.ke.Duthey were musteredH6485 →
וְכָלְכְּל֔וּve.khal.ke.Luand they were suppliedH3557 →
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980 →
לִקְרָאתָ֑םlik.ra.Tamto meet themH7122 →
וַיַּחֲנ֨וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583 →
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
נֶגְדָּ֗םneg.Dambefore themH5048 →
כִּשְׁנֵי֙kish.Neilike twoH8147 →
חֲשִׂפֵ֣יcha.si.Feilittle flocks ofH2835 →
עִזִּ֔ים'i.ZimgoatsH5795 →
וַאֲרָ֖םva.'a.Ramand AramH758 →
מִלְא֥וּmil.'Uthey filledH4390 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776 →

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1 Samuel 13:5–8Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.Judges 6:5For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.Joshua 1:11“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”1 Samuel 14:2Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,2 Chronicles 32:7–8“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?Judges 7:8So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.1 Chronicles 27:28Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.2 Kings 3:6So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

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The Israelites Slaughter the Syrians — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Israelites Slaughter the Syrians — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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