45 Naye ke uDavide wathi kumFilisti: “Uza kum unekrele nomkhonto nentshuntshe,+ kodwa mna ndiza kuwe ngegama likaYehova wemikhosi,+ uTHIXO wezintlu zedabi zakwaSirayeli, omngcikivileyo.+

17 Ekugqibeleni uSawule wathi kuDavide: “Nantsi intombi yam enkulu uMerabhi.+ Ndiya kukunika yena njengomfazi.+ Kuphela nje zingqine kum ungumntu olikroti uze ulwe iimfazwe zikaYehova.”+ Kodwa ke yena uSawule, wazixelela oku: “Mayingabi sisandla sam esiba phezu kwakhe, kodwa isandla samaFilisti masibe phezu kwakhe.”+

2 Kokubini izolo nangaphambili+ ngoxa uSawule wayengukumkani phezu kwethu, nguwe owawukhupha nowawungenisa uSirayeli.+ NoYehova wathi kuwe, ‘Wena uya kwalusa+ abantu bam amaSirayeli, yaye wena uya kuba yinkokeli+ kaSirayeli.’”