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43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?”[a] Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:43 sn Sticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both.

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

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