⁴³ So the Philistine ^(A)said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

⁸ Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such ^(A)a dead dog 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? Please, let me go over and take off his head!”

¹³ So Hazael said, “But what ^(A)is your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?”

And Elisha answered, ^(B)“The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”