17:43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” 1 Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel 18:23
18:23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately 2 to David. David replied, “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”
1 snSticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both.