¹⁴ After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? ^(A)After a dead dog! ^(B)After a flea!

⁸ Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I ^(A)a dog's head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.

⁸ And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for ^(A)a dead dog such as I?”

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

¹³ And Hazael said, “What is your servant, ^(A)who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, ^(B)“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.”