12 Emva kwakhe ngu-Eleyazare indodana kaDodo umAhohi owayengomunye wamaqhawe amathathu.
13 WayenoDavide ePhasi Damimi; amaFilisti abuthana khona ukuyokulwa, lapho kwakukhona isiqephu sezwe esigcwele ibhali;* abantu babaleka ebusweni bamaFilisti.
14 Bema phakathi nesiqephu sezwe, basophula, bawabulala amaFilisti; uJehova wabasindisa ngokusindisa okukhulu.
15 Kwehla abathathu kwabayizinhloko ezingamashumi amathathu, baya etsheni kuDavide emhumeni wase-Adulamu; impi yamaFilisti yayimise esiGodini samaRefa.
16 UDavide wayesesenqabeni, ikhanda lamaFilisti laliseBetlehema.
17 UDavide wanxanela, wathi: “Hawu, sengathi ngingaphuziswa amanzi asemthonjeni waseBetlehema owawungasesangweni.”
18 Labo abathathu bafohla ikamu* lamaFilisti, bakha amanzi emthonjeni waseBetlehema owawungasesangweni, bawathatha, bawaletha kuDavide; kepha uDavide akavumanga ukuwaphuza, kodwa wawathululela uJehova, wathi: