54 Davide watsatsa inhloko yalengwazi waya nayo eJerusalema, wafike wabeka letikhali talomFilisti ethendeni lakakhe.
Mosi wakhuluma ku-Aroni watsi: “Tsatsa lijeke, ufake emalitha langaba mabili emana, uyibeke embikwaSimakadze, kuze ilondvolotelwe titukulwane tetfu.”
Kwatsi ema-Israyeli nasabuya ekucosheni emaFilisti, afike ayidla inkambu yawo.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi Sawula abuka Davide nakayawuhlangabetana nalomFilisti, wabuta ku-Abneri, indvuna yemphi yakhe, watsi: “Abneri, ngumsa wabani lomfana?” Abneri wamphendvula watsi: “Kuphila kwakho, nkhosi, angimati.”
Watsi efika nje Davide, abuya ekubulaleni umFilisti, Abneri wamtsatsa, wammikisa kuSawula, Davide abesolo ayiphetse lenhloko yalomFilisti.
Umphristi waphendvula watsi: “Yinkemba yaGoliyathi, umFilisti, lowambulala eSigodzini sase-Ela, lekhona lapha; igocotwe ngendvwangu lapha emvakwesidziya. Nawuyifuna, yitsatse; kute lenye inkemba lelapha ngaphandle kwaleyo.” Davide watsi: “Kute lefanana nayo; nginike yona.”