7. Wathi uSawule kumaphakathi akhe amngqongileyo: “Khanindiphe iindlebe, mawethu akwaBhenjamin! Nicinga ukuba kanene unyana kaJese uza kuninika amasimi nezidiliya, animise nonke nibe ngabaphathi bamabutho namaqela?
8. Ngaba yiyo loo nto nonke senindenzela amayelenqe? Yiyo loo nto kungabangakho namnye kuni okhe wandithela thsuphe ngemvumelwano yonyana wam nonyana kaJese? Bekungasekho mntu na undikhathaleleyo kangangokuba andixelele ukuba uDavide, isicaka sam, ndithethanje undilalele, efuna ukundibulala, exhaswa ngunyana wam?”
9. UDowegi owayengomnye waloo maphakathi ayengqonge uSawule, wangenelela wenjenje: “Ndambona uDavide eye eNobhi kuAhimeleki unyana ka-Ahitubhi.
10. UAhimeleki wabuzela uDavide *kuNdikhoyo, waza wamnika umphako nekrele lomFilistiya uGoliyati.”
11. Emva koko ukumkani uSawule wathumela ukuba kuye kubizwa uAhimeleki unyana ka-Ahitubhi nezalamane zakhe ezazingababingeleli eNobhi. Bonke ke beza kukumkani.
12. Wathi uSawule: “Phulaphula, nyana ka-Ahitubhi!”“Ewe, mhlekazi,” waphendula watsho uAhimeleki.
13. Uqhube wathi uSawule: “Liyelenqe lani eli nindenzela lona wena nonyana kaJese? Umnikeleni ukutya, nekrele, wada wambuzela kuThixo, ukuze asuke andilalele njengokuba kunjalo ngoku?”