17. Ha Bafilesita ba utlwa hore Davida o tlotsitswe hore e be kgosi ya Iseraele, ba futuha bohle, ba ya tsoma Davida. Ha Davida a utlwa hona, a theohela qhobosheaneng.
18. Bafilesita ba fihla, ba hwaramana ka kgohlong ya Refaime.
19. Davida a botsa Morena, a re: “Na nka futuhela Bafilesita? Na o tla neelana ka bona matsohong a ka?”Morena a re ho Davida: “Futuha, hobane ke tla fela ke neelane ka Bafilesita matsohong a hao.”
20. Yaba Davida o ya Baale-Perasime, o bolaela Bafilesita hona teng, mme a re: “Morena o ripitlile dira tsa ka jwalokaha eka di hoholwa ke metsi.” Ka lebaka leo a rea sebaka seo Baale-Perasime.
21. Ha Bafilesita ba baleha ba siya medimo ya bona hona moo, Davida le banna ba hae ba e nka.
22. Bafilesita ba boela ba nyoloha, ba fihla ba hwaramana ka kgohlong ya Refaime.
23. Davida a boela a botsa Morena, mme Morena a re: “O se ke wa ba futuhela o ba tobile; o ba pote kamorao, o ba futuhele o se o hlaha pela difate tsa monokotshwai.
24. Etlare ha o utlwa leswahlaswahla hodima difate tsa monokotshwai, ebe o a futuha, hobane Morena o tla be a o eteletse pele ho ya bolaya lebotho la Bafilesita.”