Kwaba khon a indlala ezinsukwini zikaDavide iminyaka emithathu ngokulandelana; uDavide wafuna ubuso bukaJehova . UJehova wathi : Kungenxa kaSawule nangenxa yendlu yakhe yegazi , ngokuba wabulala abaseGibeyoni.

Inkosi yayisibiza abaseGibeyoni , yakhuluma kubo , abaseGibeyoni babengesibo abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, beyinsali yama -Amori; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babefungile kubo ; uSawule wafuna ukubabulala ngokushisekela kwakhe abantwana bakwa-Israyeli nabakwaJuda;

AbaseGibeyoni bathi kuye : Akundaba yesiliva negolide noSawule nendlu yakhe, futhi akundaba yokubulala umuntu kwa -Israyeli. Wathi: Enikushoyo ngiyakunenzela khona.