6 Umbingeleli ke wamnika uDavide eso sonka singcwalisiweyo, kuba kwakungekho sonka simbi ngaphandle kweso sasinikelwe kuNdikhoyo. Sasisesisusiwe esibingelelweni, sekubekwe esitsha.
7 UDowegi wase-Edom, induna yabelusi bakaSawule, wayekho apho ngaloo mini, ehlaliswe endlwini kaNdikhoyo.
8 UDavide wabuza uAhimeleki wathi: “Akunamkhonto na okanye ikrele apha? Udaba lukakumkani lwalungxamisekile kangangokuba andizange ndifumane thuba lakuthatha sixhobo konke.”
9 Wathi umbingeleli: “Likho ikrele apha. LelikaGoliyati, lowa mFilistiya wambulalela kwintlambo yom-oki. Naliya phaya ligqunywe ngesidanga, lithandelwe ngesiziba. Ungalithatha xa ulifuna; kuphela kwesikrweqe esikhoyo apha eso.”Wathi uDavide: “Ndinike lona. Akukho limbi linjengalo.”
10 Wemka uDavide, ebaleka uSawule, waya eGati kukumkani uAkishe.
11 Amaphakathi kakumkani uAkishe abuza kukumkani athi: “UDavide lo asingokumkani na kowabo? Asinguye lo babesombela ngaye abafazi, besithi: ‘USawule ubulele amawaka, kodwa yen' uDavide uwise amawaka ngamawaka alishumi’?”
12 Wakuwazikisa la mazwi uDavide wangenwa kukumoyika ukumkani uAkishe.