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.”
18. Emva kwelo dabi kwabakho elinye idabi namaFilistiya eGobhi, apho uSibhekayi waseHusha wabulala uSafu wenzala kaRafa.