4 EmaFilisti abutsana ahamba ayawukamba eShunemu, kwatsi Sawula naye wabutsa onkhe emabutfo ema-Israyeli bayawukamba eGilbowa.
“Nine tintsaba taseGilbowa, shangatsi ningabate ematolo nemvula, nibete nemasimi laneminikelo yalokutinhlavu. Ngobe lihawu lalabanemandla lilele ehlazweni, lihawu laSawula alisamanyateliswa ngemafutsa.
Lelijaha latsi: “Kwentekile ngaba setikwentsaba iGilbowa, ngabona Sawula eyeme etikwesikhali sakhe, tincola kanye nebagibeli bemahhashi sekusondzele kutawukhwela etikwakhe.
Davide wahamba wayawutsatsa ematsambo aboSawula naJonathani, umsa waSawula, kutakhamiti taseJabeshi Gileyadi. Phela, bebawebe enkhundleni yaseBhethi Shani, lapho bebalengiswe ngemaFilisti khona, mhlazane emaFilisti abulala Sawula entsabeni yaseGilbowa.
Tinceku tafuna litjitji lelihle kulo lonkhe laka-Israyeli, taze tatfola Abishagi, labewaseShunemu, tamtsatsa tamletsa enkhosini.
Ngalelinye lilanga Elisha waya eShunemu. Kwakukhona umfati labenjingile kuleyo ndzawo, wacela Elisha kutsi aphambukele kakhe, khona atewutfola lokuya ngasetfunjini. Ngako abetsi njalo nje nakendlula kuleyo ndzawo, aphambukele kuyawudla.
Live laso lalifaka ekhatsi: IJezreyeli, neKhesulothi, neShunemu,
Kwatsi Sawula nakabona imphi yemaFilisti, wesaba kakhulu, watfutfumela.
EmaFilisti alwa nema-Israyeli; ema-Israyeli abaleka, labanyenti basala bafile entsabeni iGilbowa.
Kwatsi ngakusasa emaFilisti nasatewuhlubula letidvumbu talabafile, akhandza Sawula nemadvodzana akhe omatsatfu, bafele entsabeni iGilbowa.