And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?”
David had let Jonathan's memory slip from his mind for years, but now he stirs himself to make good his promise. Good men do not wait to be asked; they hunt out occasions to do good, especially to those in want who will not cry for help. He sought not merely to answer a petition, but to seek them out first.
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Commenting on 2 Samuel 9:1-8
And he bowed himself,.... In token of gratitude, and as a sign of humility, and of the sense he had of his unworthiness to enjoy such a favour: and said, what is thy servant, that thou shouldest look on such a dead dog as I am?
And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am]? (d) Meaning, a despised person.