15 Ngako Ishboshethi wakhipha umlayeto kutsi atsatfwe endvodzeni yakhe Phaltiyeli, umsa waLayishi.
Ngaso leso sikhatsi Abneri, umsa waNeri, labeyindvuna yemphi yaSawula abesatsetse Ishboshethi, umsa waSawula, wamletsa eMahanayimu.
Davide watfumela titfunywa ku-Ishboshethi, umsa waSawula, wamtjela, watsi: “Letsa umkami Mikhali, lengamtsatsa ngekumkhokhela likhulu lemajwabu emaFilisti.”
Lendvodza yakhe yahamba naye, ikhala emvakwakhe yonkhe indlela, kwaze kwaba nguseBhahurimu. Abneri wakhuluma kuyo watsi: “Ncandzeka, ubuyele ekhaya!” Yancandzeka-ke lendvodza.
Phaltiyeli, umsa wa-Azani, umholi labephuma esiveni saka-Isakhari;
Kodvwa Sawula abesatsatse indvodzakati yakhe, Mikhali, umkaDavide, wamendzisela Phaltiyeli, umsa waLayishi, waseGalimu.