2 Samuel 9:8

And he bows himself and says, “What [is] your servant, that you have turned to the dead dog—such as I?”

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In The King James Version

And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

In Context

7And David says to him, “Do not be afraid; for I certainly do with you kindness because of your father Jonathan, and have given back to you all the field of your father Saul, and you continually eat bread at my table.”

9And the king calls to Ziba servant of Saul and says to him, “All that was of Saul and of all his house, I have given to the son of your lord,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog! After one flea!

2 Samuel 3:8And it is exceedingly displeasing to Abner, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he says, “[Am] I the head of a dog—that in reference to Judah, today I do kindness with the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David—that you charge against me iniquity concerning the woman today?

Matthew 15:26and He answering said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast to the little dogs.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 9:2-9

David's Kindness to Jonathan's Son. ( b. c. 1039.) 1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. 3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son,… Read the whole commentary →

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