3 Hamba manje uyewuhlasela ema-Amaleki, ubhubhise yonkhe intfo yawo. Ungawashiyi aphila: bulala emadvodza, nebafati, nebantfwana, netinswane, netinkhomo, netimvu, nemakamela kanye netimbongolo.’ ”
Umsa wa-Esawu, Elifazi, abenemfati lomunye lomncane, lekwakutsiwa nguThimna. Yena-ke wamtalela indvodzana lekwakutsiwa ngu-Amaleki. Ngulawo-ke emadvodzana a-Ada, umka-Esawu.
“Wase uyangibuta watsi: ‘Ungubani wena?’ “Mine ngamphendvula ngatsi: ‘Ngingum-Amaleki.’
Simakadze wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi: “Kubhale phansi encwadzini loku kube ngumlandvo ngalemphi, kuze kube sikhumbuto. Utjele Joshuwa kutsi ema-Amaleki ngifuna kuwacotfula aphele nya emhlabeni.”
Ungasikhotsameli nome usikhonte, ngobe mine Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wakho, nginguNkulunkulu lonesikhwele. Labo labangitondzako sijeziso sami ngesono saboyise ngisehlisela ngisho nakubantfwana babo besitukulwane sesitsatfu nesesine.
Bhalamu wabona Amaleki, wase ubeka umlayeto wakhe, watsi: “Amaleki waba wekucala etiveni tonkhe, kodvwa, noko ekugcineni uyawubhubha.”
Bulalani bonkhe bafana, nibulale bonkhe labasikati labake balala nemuntfu lomdvuna,
Badla lelidolobha, batfumba inkhosi yalo nemiti yalo, bonkhe labo bantfu babagwaza, bafa. Babulala bonkhe lababekulelo dolobha bangete bashiya lutfo. Benta eDebiri nasenkhosini yayo njengobe benta kubaseLibna nasenkhosini yayo kanye naseHebroni.
Walwa ngesibindzi, wancoba ema-Amaleki, wakhulula ema-Israyeli etandleni talabo besebawaphangile.
Simakadze wakutfuma watsi: ‘Hamba ubabhubhise bonkhe labantfu lababi labangema-Amaleki, ubahlasele uze ubatsanyele baphele batsi nya.’
Kodvwa boSawula nemadvodza akakhe bamyekela Agagi bangete bambulala, bayekela netimvu, netinkhomo, netinkunzi, nemazinyane lokwakukhuluphele; watsatsa konkhe lokwakukuhle. Konkhe lokwakubukeka kukubi nome kubutsakatsaka bakubhubhisa.
Wachubeka wahlasela nelidolobha laseNobi, lekwakulidolobha lebaphristi, wabulala emadvodza akhona, kanye nebafati bakhona, nebantfwana, netinswane, netinkhomo, netimbongolo kanye netimvu.
Kwakutsi njalo nje Davide nakahlasela indzawo letsite, abulale konkhe kungasali ndvodza namfati kuphila, bese utfumba timvu, netinkhomo, netimbongolo, nemakamela kanye netimphahla tekwembatsa abuyele nako ku-Akhishi.
Davide wabahlasela wabacitsa kusukela nakuhwalalako, kwaze kwaba ngusebusuku bangakusasa solo abaphetse; kwabate ngisho namunye lowaphunyula ngaphandle kwemajaha langema-400 lagibela emakamela awo, zaya.