2 Abantu baseGibheyon bebengengawo amaSirayeli. Babeliqaqobana lama-Amori awathenjiswa ukukhuselwa ngamaSirayeli, kodwa uSawule walinga ukuwatshabalalisa, kuba etshiseka ngenxa yenkqubela yamaSirayeli namaJuda. UDavide ke wawabiza amaGibheyon,
3 waza wathi kuwo: “Ngaba nifuna ndinenzele ntoni? Ndinganixolisa njani ukuze nilithamsanqelise ilifa likaNdikhoyo?”
4 Athi ukuphendula amaGibheyon: “Imbambano yethu noSawule nomzi wakhe ayinakuze ilungiswe ngegolide nesiliva, yaye asizimiselanga ukukhupha isixhiba ngokubulala namnye umSirayeli.”Yena wathi: “Ke nifuna ndinenzele ntoni?”
5 Athi kukumkani: “Indoda eyasitshabalalisayo, iceba ukusicima igama kwimida yakwaSirayeli,
6 masinikwe amadoda abe sixhenxe kwinzala yayo, aye kuxhonywa phambi koNdikhoyo eGibheya, isixeko sikaSawule ukumkani owatyunjwa nguNdikhoyo.”Ukumkani wathi: “Kulungile, ndiza kunikhululela.”
7 UDavide wamsindisa uMefibhoshete, unyana kaJonatan unyana kaSawule, ngenxa yesifungo awasenza kunye noJonatan phambi koNdikhoyo.
8 Kodwa ke wakhupha uArmoni kunye noMefibhoshete, oonyana ababini bakaRizpa intombi ka-Aya eyabazalela uSawule, kunye noonyana abahlanu bentombi kaSawule uMerabhi eyabazalela uAdriyeli unyana kaBhazilayi waseMehola,