Kwathi sekudlulile izinsuku eziningi , inkosi yaseGibithe yafa ; abakwa- Israyeli babubula ngenxa yobugqila , bakhala; ukukhala kwabo kw enyukela kuNkulunkulu ngobugqila babo.

Amakhosi amaFilisti enyukela kuye , athi kuye : Myenge, ubone ukuthi amandla akhe amakhulu aphi nokuthi singamahlula ngani ukuba simbophe , simnqobe; siyakukunika, kube yilowo nalowo, izinhlamvu eziyinkulungwane nekhulu zesiliva.

Kwathi ukuba u -Elkana enze njalo iminyaka ngeminyaka , lapho enyukela endlini kaJehova , wamncokoloza kanjalo ; ngalokho wakhala , akadlanga lutho.

UDavide wavuka ekuseni , yena nabantu bakhe , ukuba bahambe ekuseni , babuyele ezweni lamaFilisti. AmaFilisti enyukela eJizreyeli.