1 USamuweli 27:1-7

UDavide wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Ngelinye ilanga uSawule uzongibulala. Akukho engingakwenza, kungcono ngibaleke, ngiye ezweni lamaFilisti. USawule uzoyeka ukungifuna esifundeni sonke sakwa-Israyeli, bese ngiphunyuka kanjalo esandleni sakhe.” Wayesesuka uDavide, wawela, yena nabantu abangama-600 ayehamba nabo, waya ku-Akhishi, indodana kaMahokhi, inkosi yaseGathi. UDavide wahlala no-Akhishi eGathi, yena nabantu bakhe, kwaba yilowo nalowo nabendlu yakhe, uDavide nomkakhe ababili, u-Ahinohama waseJizreyeli no-Abhigayili waseKharimeli, umkaNabali. Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ubalekele eGathi; akabe esamfuna futhi. UDavide wathi ku-Akhishi: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mabanginike indawo komunye wemizi ukuba ngihlale khona, ngokuba inceku yakho izakuhlalelani nawe emzini wenkosi na?” U-Akhishi wamnika iZikilagi ngalolo lusuku, ngalokho-ke iZikilagi lingelamakhosi akwaJuda kuze kube namuhla. UDavide wahlala unyaka nezinyanga ezine ezweni lamaFilisti.

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