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Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
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The Insult: "Dead Dog"
Commentators explain that Abishai's term for Shimei, "dead dog," was a severe insult. Scholar John Gill notes it signified someone utterly vile, useless, and detestable. This insult, also used self-deprecatingly by Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 9:8), highlights the extreme contempt Abishai felt for someone cursing the king.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This dead dog — See the marginal reference and the note on 2 Samuel 9:8.
Go over — The ravine, possibly…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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