Ukufa kukaSawuli lamadodana akhe

31AmaFilisti alwa-ke loIsrayelia; lamadoda akoIsrayeli abaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, awa efile entabeni yeGilibowab. 2 AmaFilisti asenamathela kuSawuli lamadodana akhe; amaFilisti abulala uJonathani, loAbinadaba, loMaliki-Shuwa, amadodana kaSawulic. 3 Lempi yaba nzima kuSawuli, abatshoki bamfica, amadoda edandili; wasesiba lobuhlungu kakhulu ngabatshokid. 4 USawuli wasesithi kumthwali wezikhali zakhe: Hwatsha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze ngayoe, hlezi laba abangasokanga bafike bangigwaze, badlale kubi ngamif. Kodwa umthwali wezikhali zakhe kavumanga, ngoba wesaba kakhulug. Ngakho uSawuli wathatha inkemba, waziwisela phezu kwayoh. 5 Lapho umthwali wezikhali zakhe ebona ukuthi uSawuli usefile, laye waziwisela phezu kwenkemba yakhe, wafa kanye laye. 6 Wafa-ke uSawuli lamadodana akhe amathathu lomthwali wezikhali zakhe labo bonke abantu bakhe ngalolosuku ndawonyei.

7 Lapho amadoda akoIsrayeli ayengaphetsheya kwesigodi layengaphetsheya kweJordani ebona ukuthi amadoda akoIsrayeli abalekile, lokuthi uSawuli lamadodana akhe sebefile, atshiya imizi, abaleka; amaFilisti asefika, ahlala kiyoj. 8 Kwasekusithi kusisa lapho amaFilisti efika ukuhlubula ababuleweyo, afica uSawuli lamadodana akhe amathathu bewile entabeni yeGilibowa. 9 Asequma ikhanda lakhe, ahlubula izikhali zakhek, athumela elizweni lamaFilisti inhlangothi zonke ukumemezela imibiko endlini yezithombe zabo lebantwinil. 10 Abeka izikhali zakhem endlini kaAshitarothin. Abophela isidumbu sakheo emdulini weBeti-Shanip.

11 Kwathi abahlali beJabeshi-Gileyadiq sebezwile ngalokho amaFilisti akwenze kuSawuli, 12 asukuma wonke amaqhawe, ahamba ubusuku bonke, athatha isidumbu sikaSawuli lezidumbu zamadodana akhe emdulini weBeti-Shanir, eza eJabeshi, azitshisa khonas. 13 Asethatha amathambo abo, awangcwabat ngaphansi kwesihlahla setamarisiki* eJabeshiu, azila ukudlav insuku eziyisikhombisaw.