Sono Davidi ndi ŵanthu ŵake ŵangukwera, kwachirwa nkhondo ndi ŵaGeshuru, ŵaGirizi, ndi ŵaAmaleke; pakuti aŵa ndiwo ŵenga ŵakuja mu charu kutuliya ku mwaka kutuliya ku Shuru, mpaka ku charu cha Egipiti.
Sono Davidi ndi ŵanthu ŵake ŵanguti ŵafika ku Ziklaga pa zuŵa la chitatu, Amaleke wanguwiya nkhondo pa ŵaNegebe ndi pa Ziklaga. Ŵanguthereska Ziklaga ndipo ŵanguwocha ndi moto,
Sono Davidi wangunena nayo, “Kumbi we wanunkhu? Ndipo utuliya pani?” Iyo wanguti, “Ndine munyamata mu Egipiti, nde mteŵeti ku yumoza wa Amaleke, mbuyangu wakundisiya kuvuli chifukwa ndatama kwa mazuŵa ghatatu gharuta.
Davidi wanguŵapuma kwamba ndi chivivivi mpaka ku mazulo gha zuŵa linyake; ndipo kuti wangupozomokapo waku iwo nanga njumoza cha, kupatuwako ŵanthu machumi pe chumi ghanayi (400) wo ŵanguthaŵa pa ŵagamila.