14 Kodvwa ema endzaweni yawo ekhatsi nekhatsi nensimi. Ayivikela, abulala lamaFilisti, Simakadze wanika ema-Israyeli kuncoba lokukhulu.
kodvwa yena wema endzaweni yakhe walwa nemaFilisti, sandla sakhe saze somelela enkembeni yakhe, sesigongobele singaseluleki. Simakadze wancoba imphi lenkhulu ngalelo langa. Yatsi kube imphi iphele, ema-Israyeli abuya eta lapho bekuna-Eleyazare khona, atewuphanga tikhali kuletidvumbu.
Namani abeyindvuna yelibutfo lenkhosi yaseSiriya. Abengumuntfu lomkhulu kabi enkhosini yakhe, futsi ahlonishwa kakhulu, ngobe ngaye Simakadze wanika iSiriya kuncoba. Abelichawe lelinesibindzi, kodvwa abenebulephelo.
AbenaDavide ePhasi Damimu ngesikhatsi emaFilisti ahlanganele khona kulwa imphi. Endzaweni lapho bekunensimi leyayigcwele ibhali, emabutfo ema-Israyeli awabalekela lamaFilisti.
Ngalelinye lilanga tingwazi letintsatfu kuleti letatingema-30 tehlela kuDavide edvwaleni lemgedze wase-Adulamu, emaFilisti asakambe eSigodzini semaRefa.
Nguwe lonika emakhosi kuncoba, uphephise inceku yakho lenguDavide.
Nguwe, Nkhosi, umenti wankhulu, inkhosi yakho uyiphe kuncoba timphi ngetimphi, wentele logcotjiwe wakho umusa wakho longapheli, yebo, Davide netitukulwane takhe, phakadze naphakadze.
Nome bantfu emahhashi abo bangawalungiselela imphi, kodvwa kuncoba kusetandleni taSimakadze.
Ngako Simakadze wawasindzisa kanjalo ema-Israyeli ngalelo langa, imphi yachubeka eBhethi Aveni.
Watsatsa kuphila kwakhe wakuphatsa ngesandla sakhe, nakabulala lomFilisti. Simakadze waba nekuncoba lokukhulu ancobela sive sema-Israyeli, nawe futsi wakubona loko wajabula. Pho, ufunelani kubulala Davide ngaphandle kwesono?”