Abishai: 2 Samuel 3:30; 1 Samuel 26:6-8
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 26:6-11; Job 31:30-31; Jeremiah 40:13-16
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2 Samuel 16:9
2 Samuel 16:9
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