Lexicon :: Strong's H6996 - qāṭān

Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone at all[fn] except the king of Israel.”

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy! ”

“so let’s make a small, walled-in upper room and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp there for him. Whenever he comes, he can stay there.”

Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife.

“How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Then the king went to the LORD’s temple with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets ​— ​all the people from the youngest to the oldest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the LORD’s temple.

Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, and the commanders of the army, left and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

These Gadites were army commanders; the least of them was a match for a hundred, and the greatest of them for a thousand.

They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites ​— ​the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.

Whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be put to death, young or old,[fn] man or woman.

Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone at all[fn] except the king of Israel.”

So they went to war against Judah and invaded it. They carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace and also his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz,[fn] his youngest son.

Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons.[fn] So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests were to distribute it faithfully under his authority to their brothers by divisions, whether large or small.

The king went up to the LORD’s temple with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites ​— ​all the people from the oldest to the youngest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the LORD’s temple.

He took everything to Babylon ​— ​all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the LORD’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.

At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa.

Both small and great are there,

and the slave is set free from his master.

Here is the sea, vast and wide,

teeming with creatures beyond number —

living things both large and small.

he will bless those who fear the LORD —

small and great alike.

Four things on earth are small,

yet they are extremely wise:

There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.

Catch the foxes for us —

the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —

for our vineyards are in bloom.

Our sister is young;

she has no breasts.

What will we do for our sister

on the day she is spoken for?

The wolf will dwell with the lamb,

and the leopard will lie down with the goat.

The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf will be together,

and a child will lead them.

“They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s family: the descendants and the offshoots ​— ​all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

“How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

“I deserted you for a brief moment,

but I will take you back with abundant compassion.

The least will become a thousand,

the smallest a mighty nation.

I am the LORD;

I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

For from the least to the greatest of them,

everyone is making profit dishonestly.

From prophet to priest,

everyone deals falsely.

“Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,

their fields to new occupants,

for from the least to the greatest,

everyone is making profit dishonestly.

From prophet to priest,

everyone deals falsely.

“Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.[fn]

“No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration. “For I will forgive their iniquity and never again remember their sin.

Then all the commanders of the armies, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

“And I will take away the remnant of Judah, those who have set their face to go to the land of Egypt to stay there. All of them will meet their end in the land of Egypt. They will fall by the sword; they will meet their end by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by the sword and by famine. Then they will become an example for cursing, scorn, execration, and disgrace.

I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations,

despised among humanity.

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you, and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to the south of you.

“The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 3 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] and the width of the ledge is 21 inches. There are 7 feet[fn] from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 21 inches.

For the LORD commands:

The large house will be smashed to pieces,

and the small house to rubble.

When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small? ”

Look, I will make you insignificant

among the nations;

you will be deeply despised.

Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth ​— ​from the greatest of them to the least.

“For who despises the day of small things? These seven eyes of the LORD, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the ceremonial stone[fn] in Zerubbabel’s hand.”