UDavide wanxanela , wathi: Hawu, sengathi ngingaphuziswa amanzi asemthonjeni waseBetlehema owawungasesangweni.

Labo abathathu bafohla ikamu lamaF ilisti, bakha amanzi emthonjeni waseBetlehema owawungasesangweni , bawathatha, bawaletha kuDavide ; kepha uDavide akavumanga ukuwaphuza , kodwa wawathululela uJehova , wathi:

Amaqhawe anamandla nanka : u-Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe , no- Elihanani indodana kaDodo waseBetlehema,

UJehova wathi kuSamuweli : Uyakumkhalela kuze kube nini na ? Ngokuba ngimlahlile ukuba angabe esaba yinkosi phezu kuka -Israyeli. Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha , uhambe; ngiyakukuthuma kuJese waseBetlehema, ngokuba ngizibonele inkosi phakathi kwamadodana akhe.

Kwaphendula enye insizwa , yathi: Bheka, ngibonile indodana kaJese waseBetlehema eyazi ukubetha , eyiqhawe elinamandla , eyindoda yempi nehlakaniphile ekukhulumeni, ebukeka, emuhle futhi; uJehova unayo.

USawule wathi kuye : Uyindodana kabani wena mfana na ? UDavide waphendula wathi: Ngiyindodana yenceku yakho uJese waseBetlehema.

Kwabuye kwaba khona impi namaFilisti eGobi ; u-Elihanani indodana kaJahari Oregimi waseBetlehema wabulala uGoliyati umGiti oluthi lomkhonto wakhe lwalunjengogongolo lomaluki.

UDavide wanxanela , wathi: Hawu, sengathi ngingaphuziswa amanzi asemthonjeni waseBetlehema ongasesangweni.

Phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu kwakukhona u -Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe, no-Elihanani indodana kaDodo waseBetlehema,

Emva kwakhe u-Ibisani waseBetlehema wahlulela u-Israyeli.

UMika wathi kuye : Uvelaphi na? Wathi kuye: NgingumLevi waseBetlehema Juda; ngiyahamba ukubona lapho ngingathola khona indawo.

Kwathi emihleni abahlulela ngayo abahluleli kwaba khona indlala ezweni . Umuntu othile waseBetlehema Juda waya u kuyohlala ezweni lakwaMowabi, yena nomkakhe, namadodana akhe amabili.