16 Lawomakhosi abaleka, acatsha obhalwini lwaseMakeda.
16 Amakhosi lawo womahlanu abaleka ayacatsha ebhalwini lwaseMakheda.
lithi: Amakhosi ezimpi ayabaleka, ayabaleka. Bona abesifazana abasekhaya bayabelana impango.
— Lanxa lilala phakathi kwezibaya zezimvu, amaphiko ejuba asitshekelwe yisiliva, lezimpaphe zalo zisitshekelwe ligolide —
Loba besehlela endaweni yabafileyo, isandla sami sizabakhupha khona; loba bakhwela besiya ezulwini, ngizabehlisa khona;
Zizahuba ngesisu othulini njengenyoka, lanjengezinto ezihahabayo zomhlaba; zizaphuma enqabeni zazo zithuthumela, ziphendukele eNkosini uNkulunkulu wethu ngokwesaba, zitshaywe luvalo ngenxa yakho.
UJoshuwa wasebuyela ezihonqweni eGiligali kanye labo bonke abakoIsrayeli.
Kwabikwa kuJoshuwa ukuthi: Amakhosi amahlanu afunyanwe acatshile obhalwini lwaseMakeda.
Ngakhoke amakhosi amahlanu amaAmori, inkosi yaseJerusalema leyaseHebroni leyaseJarimuthi leyaseLakishi leyaseEgiloni, ahlanganisa izimpi zawo, aphuma ayamisa maqondana leGibeyoni, alihlasela.
Amakhosi omhlaba lezikhulu, lezinduna, labanothileyo, labalamandla, labo bonke abayizigqili, labakhululekileyo bacatsha ezimbalwini laphakathi kwamawa ezintaba,
AmaMidiyani ayelamandla kulabakoIsrayeli; abakoIsrayeli bacatsha ezimbalwini zezintaba, emihomeni lezinqabeni ngenxa yamaMidiyani.
Kwathi abantu bakoIsrayeli bebona ukuthi basebunzimeni — ngoba beminyezelwa kakhulu — bacatsha embalwini, lasemilindini, lasemaweni, lasemalibeni, lasemigodini.
Wafika ezibayeni zezimvu ezazisendleleni. Kwakukhona lapho ubhalu; uSawuli wangena kulo ukuba aye ngaphandle. UDavida labantu bakhe babehlezi ngaphakathi kobhalu.
Ngemva kwalokho uDavida laye wasuka waphuma obhalwini; wammemeza uSawuli wathi: Nkosi yami! Lapho uSawuli enyemukula, uDavida wathi mbo ngobuso phansi, wakhuleka.