1 Samuel 24:14 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁴ After whom, hath the king of Israel come forth? After whom, art thou in pursuit? After a dead dog! after a single flea!

¹ And the men of Ephraim said unto him––What is this thing thou hast done to us, in not calling us, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him, sharply. ² And he said unto them, What have I done, now, in comparison with you? Is not the grape–gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ Into your hand, hath God delivered the princes of Midian––Oreb and Zeeb, what then had I been able to do in comparison with you? Then, was their spirit softened toward him, when he had spoken this word.

⁴³ Then said the Philistine unto David, A dog, am, I, that thou art coming unto me, with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David, by his god.

²⁰ Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth, away from the presence of Yahweh,––for the king of Israel hath come out to hunt for a single flea, as when one pursueth a partridge among the mountains.

⁸ And it provoked Abner greatly, on account of the words of Ish–bosheth, and he said––Am I, the head of the dogs, that pertain unto Judah? Today, would I deal in lovingkindness with the house of Saul thy father, towards his brethren, and towards his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David,––and yet thou hast charged upon me the transgression of the woman, today.

²⁰ and David returned, to bless his household. Then came forth Michal Saul’s daughter to meet David, and said––How honoured, today, was the king of Israel in disrobing himself today, in the sight of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the low people, might disrobe himself?

⁸ And he did homage, and said––What is thy servant,––that thou hast turned towards such a dead dog as I?

⁹ Then said Abishai, son of Zeruiah, unto the king––Wherefore should this dead dog curse my lord the king? I pray thee, let me cross over and take off his head.

⁷ Then Jezebel his wife said unto him: Art, thou, still, going to carry on the kingdom over Israel? Rise! eat food, and let thy heart be merry, I, will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite!