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| 1. | AmaFilisti asesilwa emelene loIsrayeli; lamadoda akoIsrayeli abaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, awa abulawa entabeni yeGilibowa. |
| 2. | AmaFilisti asenamathela ngemva kukaSawuli langemva kwamadodana akhe; amaFilisti atshaya uJonathani loAbinadaba loMaliki-Shuwa, amadodana kaSawuli. |
| 3. | Impi yasisiba nzima imelene loSawuli; abatshoka ngamadandili basebemfica; wasekhathazeka ngabatshoki. |
| 4. | USawuli wasesithi kumthwali wezikhali zakhe: Hwatsha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze ngayo, hlezi laba abangasokanga bafike, badlale kubi ngami. Kodwa umthwali wezikhali zakhe kavumanga, ngoba wesaba kakhulu. USawuli wasethatha inkemba, wa zi wisela phezu kwayo. |
| 5. | Lapho umthwali wezikhali zakhe ebona ukuthi uSawuli u se file, laye wa zi wisela phezu kwenkemba, wafa. |
| 6. | Wafa-ke uSawuli, lamadodana akhe amathathu, lendlu yakhe yonke; bafa ndawonye. |
| 7. | Kwathi wonke amadoda akoIsrayeli ayesesigodini ebona ukuthi abalekile, lokuthi uSawuli lamadodana akhe bafile, atshiya imizi yawo, abaleka; amaFilisti asefika, ahlala kiyo. |
| 8. | Kwasekusithi kusisa lapho amaFilisti efika ukuhlubula ababuleweyo, afica uSawuli lamadodana akhe bewile entabeni yeGilibowa. |
| 9. | Amhlubula, athatha ikhanda lakhe lezikhali zakhe, athumela elizweni lamaFilisti inhlangothi zonke, ukumemezela imibiko ezithombeni zawo lebantwini. |
| 10. | Asebeka izikhali zakhe endlini yabonkulunkulu bawo, abethela ukhakhayi lwakhe endlini kaDagoni. |
| 11. | Kwathi iJabeshi-Gileyadi yonke isizwile konke amaFilisti akwenze kuSawuli, |
| 12. | wonke amaqhawe asuka, athatha isidumbu sikaSawuli lezidumbu zamadodana akhe, aziletha eJabeshi, angcwaba amathambo abo ngaphansi kwesihlahla se-okhi* eJabeshi, azila ukudla insuku eziyisikhombisa. |
| 13. | Ngakho uSawuli wafa ngenxa yesiphambeko sakhe aphambuka ngaso emelene le Nkosi, emelene lelizwi le Nkosi ayengaligcinanga, njalo langokubuza koledlozi ukudinga kuye, |
| 14. | njalo kakudinganga e Nkosi ni. Ngakho yambulala, yaguqulela umbuso kuDavida indodana kaJese. |
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