⁴³ He said to David, “Am I a dog,^(A) that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

⁸ Mephibosheth^(A) bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog^(B) like me?”

⁹ Then Abishai^(A) son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog^(B) curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.”^(C)

¹³ Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog,^(A) accomplish such a feat?”

“The Lord has shown me that you will become king^(B) of Aram,” answered Elisha.