2 Samuel 9:8

9:8 Then Mephibosheth bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”

2 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”


tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”