Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 24:14
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1 Samuel24:14
After a dead dog - A term used among the Hebrews to signify the most sovereign contempt; see 2Sam 16:9. One utterly incapable of making the least resistance against Saul, and the troops of Israel. The same idea is expressed in the term flea. The Targum properly expresses both thus: one who is weak, one who is contemptible.
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