1 SAMUEL 24:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.”
After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog or a flea — David's rhetorical questions (*acharei mi yatzata melekh Yisrael acharei mi attah rodayph acharey kelev met o after par'osh echad*) express bewilderment at Saul's vendetta. The *kelev met*, dead dog, and *par'osh*, flea, are images of insignificance and contempt; David claims to be beneath notice, not worth Saul's effort. Yet the very imagery of lowliness establishes David's humility, his perception of himself as marginal even as his destiny becomes central.
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