This association prompts Ishmael to ask, after first hearing Ahab's name: "When that wicked king was slain, the dogs, did they not lick his blood?"
Në takimin e parë me emrin e Ismailit e Ashabit, ai i përgjigjet: "Kur se mbreti i lig ishte vrarë, qentë, ata nuk i bëj gjakun e tij?"