1 Samuweli 18:5-16

UDavide waphuma nomaphi lapho uSawule emthuma khona, wenza ngokuhlakanipha; uSawule wammisa phezu kwamadoda empi, waba muhle emehlweni abo bonke abantu nasemehlweni ezinceku zikaSawule. Lapho befika, lapho uDavide ebuya ekubulaleni umFilisti, abesifazane baphuma emizini yonke yakwa-Israyeli, behlabelela futhi besina ukuhlangabeza inkosi uSawule ngezigubhu nokujabula nezinsimbi zokubethwa. Abesifazane baphendulana bedlala, bathi: “USawule ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe, uDavide amashumi ezinkulungwane zakhe.” USawuli wathukuthela kakhulu, lelizwi laba libi kuye; uthi: Banika uDavide izinkulungwane eziyishumi, banginika izinkulungwane kuphela; futhi yini angaba nayo ngaphezu kombuso? USawule wambheka uDavide kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke. Kwathi ngangomuso umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu wehlela uSawule, waprofetha phakathi kwendlu; uDavide wabetha ngesandla sakhe njengakuqala, kwakukhona umkhonto esandleni sikaSawule. USawule wawuphonsa umkhonto; ngoba wathi: Ngizamtshaya uDavida ngalo emdulini. UDavide wasuka kabili ebusweni bakhe. USawule wamesaba uDavide, ngokuba uJehova wayenaye, wasuka kuSawule. Ngakho uSawule wamsusa kuye, wambeka umbusi wenkulungwane; waphuma, wangena phambi kwabantu. UDavide waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha kuzo zonke izindlela zakhe; uJehova wayenaye. Ngakho lapho uSawule ebona ukuthi uhlakaniphe kakhulu, wamesaba. Kepha wonke u-Israyeli noJuda bamthanda uDavide, ngokuba wayengena ephuma phambi kwabo.