After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. After a dead dog - A term used among the Hebrews to signify the most sovereign contempt; see 2 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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1 Samuel 24:14
14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.