2 Samuel 16:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

Abishai

2 Samuel 3:30

1 Samuel 26:6

Dead dog

2 Samuel 3:8

2 Samuel 9:8

1 Samuel 24:14

Curse

Exodus 22:28

Acts 23:5

1 Peter 2:17

Let me go

1 Samuel 26:6

Job 31:30

Jeremiah 40:13

General references

Proverbs 17:11

Bible References

Abishai

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

Dead dog

Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “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 delivered you into the hands of David; and yet today you charge me with a guilt concerning the woman.

Again he prostrated himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?”

After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?

Curse

“You shall not

curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

And Paul said, “I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

Let me go

“No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in a curse.

Now Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

General references

A rebellious man seeks only evil,
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.