The Definition of the word Flea

Flea

David at the cave of Adullam thus addressed his persecutor Saul "(1 Sam. 24:14): "After whom is the king of Israel come out?" "after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?" He" "thus speaks of himself as the poor, contemptible object of the" "monarch's pursuit, a "worthy object truly for an expedition of" "the king of Israel with his picked troops!" This insect is in" Eastern language the popular emblem of insignificance. In 1 Sam. "26:20 the LXX. read "come out to seek my life" instead of "to" "seek a flea."