1. Ngaloo mihla amaFilistiya ayeqokelele amabutho, eza kulwa namaSirayeli. Ukumkani uAkishe wabhekisa kuDavide wenjenje: “Uzuqonde mhlophe ukuba wena namadoda akho niza kulwela mna kule mfazwe!”
2. Uphendule wathi uDavide: “Uza kuzibonela ngokwakho, mhlekazi, oko angákwenzayo umkhonzi wakho.”Uphendule wathi ukumkani uAkishe: “Yiyo ke loo nto ndifuna ukuba ube ngumlindi wam osisigxina wena.”
3. Ngelo xesha uSamweli wayeselebhubhile, aza onke amaSirayeli amzilela, amngcwaba eRama kwisixeko sakhe. Ngaloo mihla uSawule wayebagxothe kwaSirayeli bonke abavumisa ngoonomathotholo kwakunye noosiyazi.
4. Amabutho amaFilistiya aqokelelana, aya kumisa eShunem. Ke yena uSawule wawaqokelela amaSirayeli, umkhosi wawumisa entabeni iGilibhowa.
5. Wankwantya uSawule akuwubona umkhosi wamaFilistiya,
6. wabuza *kuNdikhoyo ukuba angathini na. UNdikhoyo akamphendulanga; nditsho nangamaphupha, kwankqu *nangeeurim neethumim, ukanti *nangabashumayeli.
7. Ngenxa yaloo nto ke uSawule wathi kumaphakathi akhe: “Ndifuneleni umfazi ovumisa ngoonomathotholo, ukuze sithathe iintonga, siye kuye.”“Ukho lo kuthiwa use-Endore,” kutsho amaphakathi.