8 Sawula wabutsa onkhe emabutfo akhe kutsi ehlele eKheyila ayewuhlasela Davide nemadvodza akakhe.
Inkhosi Solomoni yakhuluma ku-Abiyatha, umphristi, yatsi: “Ncandzeka, ubuyele ekhaya kini e-Anathothi. Kufanele ufe, kodvwa ngingeke ngikubulale nyalo, ngobe wetfwala libhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze Somandla embikwababe, Davide, wabambisana nababe kuto tonkhe tinkinga takhe.”
Davide wachubeka watsi: “Awu! Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wesive sema-Israyeli, inceku yakho seyivile kutsi ngempela Sawula ufuna kwehlela eKheyila atewubhubhisa lelidolobha ngenca yami.
Sawula watjelwa kutsi Davide sewehlele eKheyila; ngako watsi: “Simakadze sewumnikele esandleni sami, ngobe Davide sewutivalele yena enkambu ngekutsi angene edolobheni lelinemasango lanemishudvo.”
Watsi kube Davide aluve loluzungu lolwase luboshwe nguSawula ngaye, wakhuluma ku-Abiyatha, umphristi, watsi: “Letsa lapha lesidziya sebaphristi.”