1 Samuweli 31:1-4

AmaFilisti alwa no-Israyeli; abantu bakwa-Israyeli babaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, bawa begwaziwe entabeni yaseGilibowa. AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe; amaFilisti abulala oJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMaliki Shuwa, amadodana kaSawule. Impi yaba nzima kuSawule, abacibishelayo bamshaya; futhi walinyazwa kakhulu ngabacibishelayo. USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe: “Hosha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze ngayo; funa laba abangasokile bafike bangibhoboze bangithuke. Kodwa umthwali wezikhali zakhe wala; ngoba wayesaba kakhulu. Ngakho uSawule wathatha inkemba wawela phezu kwayo.