1 USamuweli 31:1-6

AmaFilisti alwa no-Israyeli. Abantu bakwa-Israyeli babaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, abanye babo bawa, basala enkundleni, entabeni iGilibhowa. AmaFilisti amhubha uSawule namadodana akhe. AmaFilisti abulala uJonathani, u-Abhinadaba, noMalikhi Shuwa, amadodana kaSawule. Impi yaba nzima kakhulu kuSawule; abacibayo bamfica esebuhlungwini obukhulu ngenxa yokugwazwa ngumcibisholo. USawule wathi odibini lwakhe: “Hosha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze ngayo, funa abangasokile bafike bangigwaze, bangijivaze.” Kepha udibi lwakhe lwenqaba, ngoba lwesaba kakhulu. USawule wayesethatha inkemba yakhe, waziphonsa phezu kwayo. Kwathi lungabona udibi lwakhe ukuthi uSawule usefile, nalo lwaziphonsa phezu kwenkemba yalo, lwafa kanye naye. USawule wafa namadodana akhe omathathu, nodibi lwakhe, nabo bonke abantu bakhe ngalolo lusuku.