And I was wyth the in all that thou wentest to, & haue destroyed all thyne enemyes out of thy syght, and haue made the a great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men of the world.
But Ioab & Abisai folowed Abner tyll the sunne went doune. And when they were come to the hyll Amah that lyeth before Giah in the waye that goeth thorow the wyldernesse of Gabaon,
quenched the vyolence of fyre, escaped the edge of the swearde, of weake were made stronge, waxed valyaunte in fyght, turned to flyghte the armyes of the alientes.
And al the people were at stryffe thorowoute al the trybes of Israel sayinge: the kinge deliuered vs out of the hand of oure enemies, And he delyuered vs out of the hand of the Philistines. And nowe he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
And thou delyueredst me from the dissencyon of my people, & kepest me to be an heade ouer nacyons, for the people whiche I knew not, became my seruauntes.
And so the Philistines were broughte vnder that they came no more into the coastes of Israell: for the hande of the Lorde was vpon the Philistines all the dayes of Samuel.
But when the Philistines heard that they had anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, they came al vp to seke Dauid. And as sone as Dauid hearde of it, he gat hym to an hold.