45 Ɛnna Dawid nso ka kyerɛɛ Filistini no sɛ: “Wode nkrante ne peaw ne pɛmɛ+ na ɛreba me so, na me de, mede asafo Yehowa,+ Israel mpasua no Nyankopɔn a woasopa+ no no din na ɛreba wo so.

17 Na Saul ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ: “Hwɛ, me babea panyin Merab+ ni. Ɔno na mede no bɛma wo aware.+ Ɔkokodurufo ara na yɛ ma me, na ko ma Yehowa.”+ Saul de, ɔkae wɔ ne tirim sɛ: “Meremfa me nsa nka no, Filistifo na wɔn nsa bɛka no.”+

2 Efi tete,+ bere a Saul di yɛn so hene no, wo na wudii Israel anim de wɔn kɔe na wode wɔn bae,+ na Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ wo sɛ, ‘Wo na wobɛyɛn+ me man Israel, na wo na wubedi Israel anim.’”+