1Sa 24:14, 2Sa 3:8, 16:9 | ESV | STEP | After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue ? After a dead dog ! After a flea !

1 Samuel 24:14

14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? ^aAfter a dead dog! ^bAfter a flea!

2 Samuel 3:8

8 Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I ^ca dog’s head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.

2 Samuel 16:9

9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this ^ddead dog ^ecurse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”