4 Watsi kube Sawula atjelwe kutsi Davide ubalekele eGathi, wangabe asachubeka nekumtfungatsa.
Onkhe emadvodza ayo endlula eceleni kwayo kanye nawo onkhe emaKherethi nemaPhelethi, nawo onkhe emaGathi langema-600 labehamba nawo esuka eGathi, nawo futsi endlula embikwenkhosi.
Sawula wakhuluma watsi: “Ngonile. Buya, Davide, ndvodzana yami. Ngingeke ngiphindze ngetame kukulimata, ngobe imphilo yami uyisindzisile lamuhla. Impela ngibe silima, ngona kakhulu.”
Davide kanye nalamadvodza akakhe bahlala ka-Akhishi eGathi. Nguleyo naleyo ndvodza yayinemndeni wayo, naDavide abenalabafati bakhe lababili: bo-Ahinowami waseJezreyeli kanye na-Abigayili waseKhameli, umfelokati waNabali.
Davide wakhuluma ku-Akhishi, watsi: “Nangabe ngitfole umusa emehlweni akho, ngicela ungabele indzawo kulelinye lalamadolobha akho, khona ngitewuhlala khona. Inceku yakho ingahlala kanjani nawe edolobheni lakho lebukhosi?”