6 Wandula ke uDavide waphendula wathi kuAhimeleki umHiti+ noAbhishayi+ unyana kaTseruya,+ umntakwabo Yowabhi: “Ngubani na oya kuhla nam siye kuSawule enkampini?” UAbhishayi wathi: “Mna ndiya kuhla nawe.”+

9 Yaye kamsinya nje zakugqitywa ezi zinto, iinkosana+ zeza kum, zisithi: “Abantu bakwaSirayeli nababingeleli nabaLevi abazahlulanga+ kwizizwana zamazwe ngokuphathelele izinto zazo ezicekisekayo,+ ezizezi, amaKanan,+ amaHiti,+ amaPerizi,+ amaYebhusi,+ ama-Amoni,+ amaMowabhi,+ amaYiputa+ nama-Amori.+

8 Kwaye wayifumana ithembekile intliziyo yakhe phambi kwakho;+ ngoko wenza isivumelwano somnqophiso+ naye ukuba womnika ilizwe lamaKanan, namaHiti, nama-Amori namaPerizi namaYebhusi namaGirgashi, ukuba ulinike imbewu yakhe;+ yaye wawaphumeza amazwi akho, ngenxa yokuba ulilungisa.+