1 Samuel 17:41-44

David and Goliath

⁴¹ And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, _h with his shield-bearer in front of him. ⁴² And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, _i ruddy and handsome in appearance. ⁴³ And the Philistine said to David, "Am I _j a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴ The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh _k to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field."

1. Cross References
   1 Samuel 17:7
   The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Samuel 16:12
   And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 24:14
   After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
   2 Samuel 3:8
   Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, "Am I a dog's head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.
   2 Samuel 9:8
   And he paid homage and said, "What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?
   2 Samuel 16:9
   Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.
   2 Kings 8:13
   And Hazael said, "What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered, "The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Samuel 17:46
   This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.