1. Akuba nonyaka ukuya kwiminyaka emibini elawula kwaSirayeli
2. uSawule wakhetha amawaka amathathu amadoda akwaSirayeli. Amawaka amabini asala naye eMikimashe naseBhetele kweleentaba. Elinye iwaka walithumela eGibheya kummandla wakwaBhenjamin kunye noJonatan. Amanye amadoda wathi makagoduke.
3. UJonatan wahlasela ikampana yamaFilistiya eyayiseGebha. Yaduma kwelamaFilistiya into yokuba amaSirayeli avus' umnyele. USawule wathumela izigidimi ukuba zihambe zibeth' izigodlo kulo lonke, zithi: “Bekan' iindlebe, maHebhere!”
4. Weva ke uSirayeli ephela, kusithiwa: “USawule uyihlasele ikampana yamaFilistiya, asuka amaSirayeli aba lizothe kumaFilistiya.” Amadoda akwaSirayeli abizelwa kuSawule eGiligali.