¹⁴ After whom has the king of Israel gone out? Whom are you pursuing? ^(A)A dead dog, ^(B)a single flea?

⁸ Then Abner became very angry over Ish-bosheth’s ^[a]question and said, “^(A)Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not let you fall into the hands of David; yet today you call me to account for wrongdoing with ^[b]that woman?

¹³ Then Hazael said, “But what is your servant—^(A)a lowly dog—that he could do this great thing?” And Elisha ^[a]answered, “^(B)The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”