1. Ukubuya kwakhe uSawule emfazweni, evela kulwa namaFilistiya, waxelelwa ukuba uDavide wayekwintlango yase-Engedi.
2. USawule wathatha amawaka amathathu amadoda akhethiweyo kwaSirayeli, wangena ekhondweni, esiya kukhangela uDavide ngakwicala langasempumalanga laMaweempunzi.
3. Endleleni apho uSawule wafika kwindawo eneentango zeegusha. Apho bekukho umqolomba, waza uSawule wangena kuwo, efuna ukuya kuzithuma. Yayinguloo mqolomba kanye wayezímele kuwo uDavide namadoda akhe, besengontsini phakathi kanye.