11 Ngobo busuku waphuncuka wabaleka uDavide. USawule wathumela amadoda ukuba aye kungqinga indlu kaDavide, ukuze ambulale kwakusa. UMikali walumkisa umyeni wakhe uDavide, wathi: “Ukuba akubaleki umke apha ngobu busuku, ngomso woba ngofileyo!”
12 Watsho wamkhupha ngefestile, wabaleka wasaba uDavide.
13 UMikali uthathe *umlonde-khaya, wawubeka emandlalweni, wawuqamelisa ngomqamelo woboya bebhokhwe, waza wawambathisa.
14 USawule uthume amadoda ukuba ambambe uDavide, uMikali wathi kuwo: “Akaphilanga.”
15 USawule wathi makaye azibonele ngokwawo uDavide. Watsho esithi: “Ze nimthwale ngaloo mandlalo wakhe, nize naye apha, ndimbulale.”
16 Bafika bangena endlwini abo bafo, bafika kukho umlonde-khaya kuloo mandlalo, uqamele ngomqamelo woboya bebhokhwe.
17 Wabuza intombi yakhe uMikali uSawule esithi: “Yini na ukuba wenjenje ukundikhohlisa? Uyabona, ulubalekisile utshaba lwam lwasinda!”UMikali uphendule wathi: “Úthe kum: ‘Ndiyeke ndimke! Yini na ukuba ndikubulale?’ ”