53 kodwa omunye owesifazana waphosa ilitshe lokuchola lamtshaya ekhanda wadabuka ukhakhayi.+ 54 U-Abhimeleki wahle wabiza inceku eyayimthwalele izikhali wathi kuyo: “Hwatsha inkemba yakho ungibulale ukuze abantu bangathi, ‘Wabulawa ngowesifazana.’” Ngakho inceku yakhe yamgwaza wafa.

4 USawuli wasetshela inceku yakhe eyayimthwalela izikhali wathi: “Hwatsha inkemba yakho ungigwaze ukuze amadoda la angasokanga+ angafiki angigwaze angenze isihluku.” Kodwa inceku yakhe yayingafuni ngoba yayisesaba kakhulu. Ngakho uSawuli wathatha inkemba yakhe wawela phezu kwayo.+

23 U-Ahithofeli wathi ebona ukuthi abalamukelanga icebo lakhe, wabophela isihlalo kubabhemi wakhe wagada waya emzini wakhe edolobheni lakibo.+ Wafika wabiza imuli yakhe+ wayitshela lokho ayefuna basale bekwenza, wasesiyazibophela.+ Wafa wangcwatshwa emangcwabeni abokhokho bakhe.