44 Kodvwa Sawula abesatsatse indvodzakati yakhe, Mikhali, umkaDavide, wamendzisela Phaltiyeli, umsa waLayishi, waseGalimu.
Davide watfumela titfunywa ku-Ishboshethi, umsa waSawula, wamtjela, watsi: “Letsa umkami Mikhali, lengamtsatsa ngekumkhokhela likhulu lemajwabu emaFilisti.”
Ngako Ishboshethi wakhipha umlayeto kutsi atsatfwe endvodzeni yakhe Phaltiyeli, umsa waLayishi.
Khala, Ndvodzakati yaseGalimu! Lalela, nawe Layisha! Nine base-Anathothi labahluphekile.
Mikhali, indvodzakati yaSawula, abegane Davide; Sawula wajabula, nabamtjela ngaloko.
boDavide nemphi yakhe baphuma bayawubulala emaFilisti langema-200. Wabuya nemajwabu awo, wafike wawetfula enkhosini, njengobe yayiwafunile kuze abe ngumkhwenyane wenkhosi. Ngako Sawula wase umnika lendvodzakati yakhe Mikhali; washada nayo.