1 USamuweli 26:7-11

UDavide no-Abhishayi baya kubantu ebusuku. Bheka, uSawule wayelele zwi enkanjini, umkhonto wakhe ugxunyekwe emhlabathini ngasekhanda lakhe. U-Abhineri nabantu bakaSawule babelele bemzungeze nxazonke. U-Abhishayi wathi kuDavide: “UNkulunkulu usinikele esandleni sakho isitha sakho namuhla, ngakho-ke mangimbhokode kanye ngomkhonto ngimhlanganise nomhlabathi, ngingamphindi.” UDavide wathi ku-Abhishayi: “Ungambulali, ngokuba ngubani ongelula isandla sakhe amelane nogcotshiweyo kaSimakade, angabi nacala na?” UDavide wathi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela, uSimakade uyakumshaya, noma afikelwe wusuku lokufa, ehlele empini, abhubhe. Mawungabi bikho nhlobo kimi lowo mcabango wokuba uSimakade angivumele ukuba ngelule isandla ngimelane nogcotshiweyo kaSimakade. Wena thatha umkhonto ongasekhanda lakhe nesigubhu samanzi, sihambe.”