'Sticks' in the Bible

He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked—only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

My strength is dried up like baked clay;my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.You put me into the dust of death.

Because of the sound of my groaning,my flesh sticks to my bones.

“When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people,