43 So the Phi·lisʹtine said to David: “Am I a dog,+ so that you are coming to me with staves?” With that the Phi·lisʹtine called down evil upon David by his gods.*+

14 After whom has the king of Israel gone out? After whom are you chasing? After a dead dog?+ After a single flea?+

9 Finally A·bishʹai the son of Ze·ruʹiah+ said to the king: “Why should this dead dog+ call down evil upon my lord the king?+ Let me go over, please, and take off his head.”+