1 Kings 11:28

11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; ¹  when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe ²  of Joseph.

1 Kings 14:27

14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard ³  who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

1 Kings 20:26-27

20:26 In the spring ⁴  Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army ⁵  and marched to Aphek to fight Israel. ⁶  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.

[11:28]  ¹ tn Heb “man of strength.”

[11:28]  ² tn Heb “house.”

[14:27]  ³ tn Heb “runners.”

[20:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

[20:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “mustered Aram.”

[20:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “and went up to Aphek for battle with Israel.”

[20:27]  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.