1. Akuba uSawule efile, uDavide wabuyela eZikelage emva kokoyisa kwakhe ama-Amaleki, wachitha khona iintsuku zambini.
2. Ngolwesithathu usuku kwafika mfo uthile, evela kwikampu yomkhosi kaSawule. Wayambethe iingubo ezikrazukileyo, ezigalele umhlaba entloko. Wathi akufika kuDavide, wawa phantsi ekhahlela.
3. UDavide wathi kuye: “Uvela phi?”Uphendule ngelithi: “Ndibaleke ekampini yamaSirayeli.”
4. UDavide wathi: “Kwenzeke ntoni? Khawundixelele.”“Umkhosi wethu usuke wabaleka,” utshilo ukuphendula, “yaye maninzi amadoda awileyo edabini. Nditsho nkqu uSawule noJonatan unyana wakhe nabo itshoba lilele umbethe.”