Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Dog » Epithet of contempt
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut his head off!”
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He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.
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Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A flea?
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Abner was very angry about Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I a dog’s head who belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I’ve been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends and haven’t handed you over to David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog, do this monstrous thing?”
Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
Israel's watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep. These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own gain.
He answered, “It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to their dogs.”
Dogs » Illustrative » (dead,) of the mean
Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A flea?
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Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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Flattery » Instance of » By mephibosheth
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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Humility » Examples of » Men
Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A flea?
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Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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“I am not able to,” Joseph answered Pharaoh. “It is God who will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
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Then David responded, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”
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As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
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How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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Humility » Instances of » Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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King » Ceremonial recognition of » Prostration
Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul came to David, bowed down to the ground and paid homage. David said, “Mephibosheth!”
“I am your servant,” he replied. Verse Concepts
“I am your servant,” he replied. Verse Concepts
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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She stood up, then bowed her face to the ground and said, “Here I am, your servant, to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
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and it was announced to the king, “Nathan the prophet is here.” He came into the king’s presence and bowed to him with his face to the ground.
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Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
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“The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more well known than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ Then the king bowed in worship on his bed.
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Kings » Exercised great hospitality
Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment.
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He sat at his usual place on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat facing him and Abner took his place beside Saul, but David's place was empty. Saul did not say anything that day because he thought, "Something unexpected has happened; he must be ceremonially unclean-yes, that's it, he is unclean." However, the day after the New Moon, the second day, David's place was [still] empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, "Why didn't Jesse's son come to the meal either yesterday or today?"
"Don't be afraid," David said to him, "since I intend to show you kindness because of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul's fields, and you will always eat meals at my table." Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?" Then the king summoned Saul's attendant Ziba and said to him, "I have given to your master's grandson all that belonged to Saul and his family. read more.
You, your sons, and your servants are to work the ground for him, and you are to bring in [the crops] so your master's grandson will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, is always to eat at my table." Now Ziba had 15 sons and 20 servants. Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do all my lord the king commands." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table just like one of the king's sons. Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All those living in Ziba's house were Mephibosheth's servants. However, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king's table. He was lame in both feet.
You, your sons, and your servants are to work the ground for him, and you are to bring in [the crops] so your master's grandson will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, is always to eat at my table." Now Ziba had 15 sons and 20 servants. Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do all my lord the king commands." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table just like one of the king's sons. Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All those living in Ziba's house were Mephibosheth's servants. However, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king's table. He was lame in both feet.
The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I’ll provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
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Solomon's provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal, 10 fattened oxen, 20 range oxen, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,
Kings » Approached with greatest reverence
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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and it was announced to the king, “Nathan the prophet is here.” He came into the king’s presence and bowed to him with his face to the ground.
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After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed to the ground in homage.
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Joab fell with his face to the ground in homage and praised the king. “Today,” Joab said, “your servant knows I have found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant.”
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Obsequiousness » Instances of » Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
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