Verse 14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
  • 2 Sam 9:8 : 8 He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
  • 2 Sam 16:9 : 9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
  • 1 Kgs 21:7 : 7 Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  • Judg 8:1-3 : 1 The men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? They did chide with him sharply. 2 He said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
  • 2 Sam 3:8 : 8 Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
  • 2 Sam 6:20 : 20 Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!