1 Samuel 24:14

12 ^aLet the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.

13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ^a‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you.

14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? ^aA dead dog? ^bA flea?

15 ^aTherefore let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and ^bsee and ^cplead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.”

16 So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, ^a“Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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After a dead dog - A term used among the Hebrews to signify the most sovereign contempt; see II Samuel 16:9. One utterly incapable of making the least resistance against Saul, and the troops of Israel. The same idea is expressed in the term flea. The Targum properly expresses both thus: one who is weak, one who is contemptible.

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