43 Ngako watsatsa lamabutfo akhe wawehlukanisa ticheme letintsatfu, watsi atibhace lena emasimini. Watsi nakabona bantfu baphuma edolobheni, wavuka wayawubahlasela nekubabulala.
Wase uyawakhipha ngeticheme letintsatfu, sinye saphuma naJowabe, lesinye saphuma na-Abishayi, umnakaboJowabe, sekugcina wasikhipha na-Ithayi, umGathi. Inkhosi Davide yakhuluma kulamabutfo, yatsi: “Nami cobo lwami ngitawushuca kanye nani.”
Ngelilanga lelilandzelako bantfu baseShekhemu baphuma baya emasimini, loko kwabikwa ku-Abimeleki.
Abimeleki nalamabutfo akhe bagijima bayakuma ekungeneni kwelisango lelidolobha. Kwatsi emacembu lamabili esukela laba lababesemasimini, bacotfula imbokodvo nesisekelo.
Ngakusasa Sawula wahlela imphi yakhe, wayehlukanisa ticheme letintsatfu; kwatsi ekuseni nakudzabuka kusa batseleka enkambu yema-Amoni, bawagwaza bawabulala, laze lafutfumala lilanga. Kwatsi labo labaphunyula bahlakaka, kwabate namunye lobaleka nalomunye.