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He did obeisance and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon a dead dog such as I?”(A)

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

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26 He answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’[a] table.”

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  1. 15.27 Gk lords’

26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

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

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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)

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14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A single flea?(A) 15 May the Lord, therefore, be judge and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it and plead my cause and vindicate me against you.”(B)

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14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog?(A) A flea?(B) 15 May the Lord be our judge(C) and decide(D) between us. May he consider my cause and uphold(E) it; may he vindicate(F) me by delivering(G) me from your hand.”

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The words of Ishbaal[a] made Abner very angry; he said, “Am I a dog’s head for Judah? Today I keep showing loyalty to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends and have not given you into the hand of David, yet you charge me now with a crime concerning this woman.(A)

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  1. 3.8 Gk: Heb Ish-bosheth

Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head(A)—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!

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20 Now therefore, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”(A)

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20 Now do not let my blood(A) fall to the ground far from the presence of the Lord. The king of Israel has come out to look for a flea(B)—as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.(C)

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