22 UDavida wasuka lapho+ wabaleka wayacatsha ebhalwini lwase-Adulamu.+ Abafowabo labo bonke abemuli kayise bathi bekuzwa lokho baya kuye. 2 Bonke ababelezinhlupho lababelezikwelede lezikhalazo babuthana kuye wasesiba yinduna yabo. Kwakulamadoda angaba ngu-400.

13 UDavida wahle wathi emadodeni ayehamba lawo: “Lonke hlomani ngezinkemba zenu!”+ Ngakho wonke ahloma ngezinkemba, loDavida laye wathatha eyakhe. UDavida wahamba lamadoda angaba ngu-400, angu-200 asala elinde impahla.

9 UDavida wahle wasuka lamadoda angu-600+ ayelaye, bahamba baze bayafika esihotsheni* saseBhesori lapho abanye babo abasala khona.