a1 Lan 10:1-12
b28:4; 2 Sam 1:6,21, 21:12
c14:49, 29:19
d2 Sam 1:6
eHlu 9:54
fHlu 14:3
g2 Sam 1:14
h2 Sam 1:10
i1 Lan 10:6
j29:1,11; Josh 17:16; Hlu 6:33; Hos 1:5
k17:51
l2 Sam 1:20; Hlu 16:23,24
m21:9
nHlu 2:13
o2 Sam 21:12; 1 Lan 10:10
pJosh 17:11
q11:1-11; Hlu 21:8
r11:1-11; 2 Sam 2:4-7
s2 Lan 16:14, 21:19; Jer 34:5; Amos 6:10
t2 Sam 21:12,14
u22:6; 1 Lan 10:12
v7:6; 2 Sam 12:16
wGen 50:10

1 Samuel 31

Ukufa kukaSawuli lamadodana akhe

1AmaFilisti alwa-ke loIsrayeli a; lamadoda akoIsrayeli abaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, awa efile entabeni yeGilibowa b. 2AmaFilisti asenamathela kuSawuli lamadodana akhe; amaFilisti abulala uJonathani, loAbinadaba, loMaliki-Shuwa, amadodana kaSawuli c. 3Lempi yaba nzima kuSawuli, abatshoki bamfica, amadoda edandili; wasesiba lobuhlungu kakhulu ngabatshoki d. 4USawuli wasesithi kumthwali wezikhali zakhe: Hwatsha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze ngayo e, hlezi laba abangasokanga bafike bangigwaze, badlale kubi ngami f. Kodwa umthwali wezikhali zakhe kavumanga, ngoba wesaba kakhulu g. Ngakho uSawuli wathatha inkemba, waziwisela phezu kwayo h. 5Lapho umthwali wezikhali zakhe ebona ukuthi uSawuli usefile, laye waziwisela phezu kwenkemba yakhe, wafa kanye laye. 6Wafa-ke uSawuli lamadodana akhe amathathu lomthwali wezikhali zakhe labo bonke abantu bakhe ngalolosuku ndawonye i.

7Lapho amadoda akoIsrayeli ayengaphetsheya kwesigodi layengaphetsheya kweJordani ebona ukuthi amadoda akoIsrayeli abalekile, lokuthi uSawuli lamadodana akhe sebefile, atshiya imizi, abaleka; amaFilisti asefika, ahlala kiyo j. 8Kwasekusithi kusisa lapho amaFilisti efika ukuhlubula ababuleweyo, afica uSawuli lamadodana akhe amathathu bewile entabeni yeGilibowa. 9Asequma ikhanda lakhe, ahlubula izikhali zakhe k, athumela elizweni lamaFilisti inhlangothi zonke ukumemezela imibiko endlini yezithombe zabo lebantwini l. 10Abeka izikhali zakhe m endlini kaAshitarothi n. Abophela isidumbu sakhe o emdulini weBeti-Shani p.

11Kwathi abahlali beJabeshi-Gileyadi q sebezwile ngalokho amaFilisti akwenze kuSawuli, 12asukuma wonke amaqhawe, ahamba ubusuku bonke, athatha isidumbu sikaSawuli lezidumbu zamadodana akhe emdulini weBeti-Shani r, eza eJabeshi, azitshisa khona s. 13Asethatha amathambo abo, awangcwaba t ngaphansi kwesihlahla setamarisiki* eJabeshi u, azila ukudla v insuku eziyisikhombisa w.

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