24:14 A dead dog. David abases himself before Saul, as Mephibosheth will later do before David (2 Sam. 9:8). The expression “dead dog” occurs only one other time in the Old Testament, 2 Sam. 16:9. “Dog” is usually an insult (17:43; 2 Sam. 3:8; 2 Kin. 8:13).