1 Samuel 26:20 (KJV)

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Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains

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Cross-references

let not my. 1Sa 2:9 1Sa 25:29

the king. 1Sa 24:14 Mt 26:47 Mt 26:55

a flea.{Parosh,} (in Arabic {borghooth,} Syriac, {poorthano,}) the well known little contemptible and troublesome insect, the flea, seems to be so called from its agility in leaping and skipping, from {para,} "free," and {raash,} "to leap, bound." David, by comparing himself to this insect, seems to import, that while it would cost Saul much pains to catch him, he would obtain but very little advantage from it. a partridge.{Korai} certainly denotes the partridge, which is called in Arabic, {kiräa.} It seems to be so called from the cry or {cur} which it utters when calling its young.

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