11 Wathi uDavide, zakufika kuye ezo ndaba zento eyenziwa nguRizpa iqadi likaSawule,
12 waya kuthatha amathambo kaSawule noJonatan kubantu baseJabheshe eGiliyadi. (Babewabe endaweni yembutho yaseBhete-shan apho yayixhonywe khona imizimba yabo ngamhla amaFilistiya abulala uSawule kwintaba iGilibhowa.)
13 Wemka nawo uDavide amathambo kaSawule noJonatan kwakunye nawabo basixhenxe babexhonywe apho.
14 Bawafaka engcwabeni likaKishe uyise kaSawule amathambo kaSawule noJonatan eZela kummandla wakwaBhenjamin njengokomthetho kakumkani. Emva koko uThixo wayiva imithandazo yabo bethandazela ilizwe.
15 Kwavuka enye imfazwe phakathi kwamaFilistiya namaSirayeli, wanduluka uDavide waya kulwa namaFilistiya enamadoda akhe. Balwa ke namaFilistiya, waza uDavide wadinwa kakhulu.
16 Wasuka uIshbhi-bhenobhi wenzala kaRafa, ephethe umkhonto wobhedu obunzima bungaphezu kweekhilogram ezintathu, enekrele elitsha, wafuna ukubulala uDavide.
17 Waza uAbhishayi, unyana kaZeruya, waya kunceda uDavide. Ufike wamhlasela loo mFilistiya, wamosela. Emva koko amadoda kaDavide enza isifungo athi: “Unakanye ukuba uphinde uye edabini kunye nathi, hleze isibane sakwaSirayeli sicinywe.”