Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Kings 20:27

"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." — 1 Kings 20:27 (ASV)

And went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids;

A herd of goats was seldom very large, and the whole of the Israelites put together seemed only "like two little flocks of kids;" –