1 Samuweli 19:1-7

USawuli wasekhuluma kuJonathani indodana yakhe lakuzo zonke inceku zakhe ukuthi babulale uDavida. Kodwa uJonathani indodana kaSawule wayejabule kakhulu ngoDavide; uJonathani wamtshela uDavide, wathi: “Ubaba uSawule ufuna ukukubulala; Mina-ke ngizaphuma ngime lobaba egangeni lapho okhona, ngikhulume ngawe kubaba; futhi engikubonayo ngizokutshela. UJonathani wakhuluma okuhle ngoDavide kuSawule uyise, wathi kuye: “Inkosi mayingoni encekwini yayo uDavide; ngoba akonanga kuwe langenxa yokuthi imisebenzi yakhe yayimihle kakhulu kuwe. Wanikela ukuphila kwakhe esandleni sakhe, wambulala umFilisti, uJehova wenza ukusindisa okukhulu ku-Israyeli wonke; wakubona wathokoza; pho, niyakona ngani egazini elingenacala, nibulale uDavide ngeze, na? USawuli walilalela ilizwi likaJonathani, uSawuli wafunga wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova, kayikubulawa. UJonathani wambiza uDavide, uJonathani wamtshela zonke lezi zinto. UJonathani wamletha uDavide kuSawule, waba phambi kwakhe njengakuqala.