1 Samuel 17:43
17:43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” 1 Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel 24:14
24:14 Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?
1 sn Sticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both.