2. USawule wasuka, wehlela ehlane laseZifi enabantu abakhethiweyo bakwa-Israyeli abayizinkulungwane ezintathu ukuba amfune uDavide ehlane.
3. USawule wamisa entabeni yaseHakhila engaphambi kwehlane ngasendleleni. Kepha uDavide wahlala ehlane, wabona ukuthi uSawule uyamlandela ehlane.
4. UDavide wayesethuma izinhloli, wazi ukuthi uSawule ufikile impela.
5. UDavide wasuka, weza endaweni uSawule amise kuyo; uDavide wabona indawo uSawule ahlala kuyo, eno-Abineri indodana kaNeri, induna yempi yakhe; uSawule wayelele ezinqoleni, abantu bemise ngakuye nxazonke.
6. UDavide wayesethatha washo ku-Ahimeleki umHeti naku-Abishayi indodana kaSeruya, umfowabo kaJowabe, ethi: “Ngubani oyakwehla nami ukuya kuSawule ekamu* na?”U-Abishayi wathi: “Ngiyakwehla nawe.”
7. ODavide no-Abishayi bafika kubantu ebusuku; bheka, uSawule wayelele ubuthongo ezinqoleni, umkhonto wakhe ugxunyekiwe emhlabathini ngasekhanda lakhe; u-Abineri nabantu bakhe babelele ngakuye nxazonke.
8. U-Abishayi wathi kuDavide: “UNkulunkulu unikele isitha sakho esandleni sakho namuhla; ngalokho mangimgwaze kanye ngomkhonto uze udle umhlabathi, ngingamphindi.”
9. UDavide wathi ku-Abishayi: “Ungambulali, ngokuba ngubani ongelulela isandla sakhe kogcotshiweyo kaJehova, angabi nacala, na?”
10. UDavide wathi: “Kuphila kukaJehova, uJehova uyakumshaya, noma kufika nje usuku lwakhe lokufa, noma ehlela empini, abhubhe.
11. UJehova makenqabe ukuba ngelulele isandla sami kogcotshiweyo kaJehova; ake uthathe umkhonto ongasekhanda lakhe nesigubhu samanzi, sihambe.”
12. UDavide wayesethatha umkhonto nesigubhu samanzi ngasekhanda likaSawule, bahamba, kungaboni muntu, kungazi muntu, kungavuki muntu, ngokuba babelele bonke, lokhu bebehlelwe ngubuthongo obunzima obuvela kuJehova.
13. UDavide wayesewelela phesheya, wema esiqongweni sentaba ekude, isikhala esikhulu siphakathi kwabo.
14. UDavide wabiza abantu no-Abineri indodana kaNeri, ethi: “Awusabeli, Abineri, na?”U-Abineri wayesesabela ethi: “Ungubani wena obiza inkosi na?”
15. UDavide wathi ku-Abineri: “Awusiye umuntu okungekho onjengawe kwa-Israyeli na? Awulindanga ngani inkosi yakho, inkosi? Ngokuba kwafika omunye wabantu ukuyobulala inkosi yakho, inkosi.