8 Kwaphindze kwesuka imphi, naDavide waphuma wayakulwa nemaFilisti. Wawagadla kamatima, aze abaleka embikwakhe.
Inkhosi yaka-Israyeli yasondzela yabhubhisa lamahhashi kanye netincola, yawashaya yawabhuca emaSiriya.
Nome ngingavinjetelwa yimphi, inhlitiyo yami ingeke yesabe; nome titsa tingangihlasela, noko ngiyawuhlala nginelitsemba kuNkulunkulu.
Kuko konkhe labekwenta Davide abeba nemphumelelo, ngobe Simakadze abenaye.
Tindvuna temabutfo emaFilisti tachubeka kulwa timphi njengakucala, Davide abechubeka nekuncoba, waze waba yingwazi leyendlula tonkhe tindvuna taSawula. Ngako libito laDavide ladvuma kakhulu.
Jonathani wabita Davide wamtjela yonkhe ingcoco yakhe neyise. Jonathani wabe sewutsatsa Davide wamletsa kuyise Sawula; Davide waphindze waba naSawula njengakucala.
Kodvwa umoya lomubi lowawuphuma kuSimakadze wehlela etikwaSawula asehleti endlini yakhe, aphetse sikhali ngesandla sakhe. Watsi Davide asamdlalela ihabhu yakhe,
Ngako Davide nemphi yakhe behlela eKheyila, bahlasela emaFilisti bawabulala, batfumba netifuyo tawo. Davide wabasindzisa kanjalo bantfu baseKheyila.