Kwenyuka uNahashi wakwa-Amoni, wamisa eJabeshi Gileyadi ; bonke abantu baseJabeshi bathi kuNahashi : Yenza isivumelwano nathi , siyakukukhonza.

Ngalokho abantu baseJabeshi bathi: Kusasa siyakuphumela kini, nenze kithi konke okuhle emehlweni enu.

Bheka, uSawule weza elandela izinkabi, evela ensimini; uSawule wathi: Yini ukuba abantu bakhale na? Bamtshela amazwi abantu baseJabeshi.

Bathi kuzo izithunywa ezazifikile : Niyakusho kanje kubantu ba seJabeshi Gileyadi, nithi: Kusasa lapho ilanga libalele niyakukhululwa . Izithunywa zafika, zabatshela abantu baseJabeshi; bathokoza.

UDavide waya wathatha amathambo kaSawule namathambo kaJonathani indodana yakhe kubantu baseJabeshi Gileyadi ababewebile esigcawin i saseBeti Shani , lapho, amaFilisti ayebaphanyeke khona , mhla amaFilisti embulala uSawule eGilibowa.

UDavide wayesethuma izithunywa kubantu baseJabeshi Gileyadi , wathi kubo: Manibusiswe nguJehova , ngokuba nenzile lowo musa kuyo inkosi yenu, uSawule, nammbela.

UBenjamini wabuya ngaleso sikhathi ; babanika abesifazane ababebasindisile kwabesifazane baseJabeshi Gileyadi; kepha ababanelanga.