20. Yonke loo nto yathatha isithuba esingangeminyaka engamakhulu amane anamashumi amahlanu.“Emva koko wabanika iinkokheli, zabalawula kwada kwalixesha lomshumayeli uSamweli.
21. Bakufuna ukumkani, wabanika uSawule unyana kaKishe, wesizwe sakwaBhenjamin, waza wabalawula iminyaka engamashumi amane.
22. Akumsusa uSawule, uThixo wamisela uDavide wangukumkani. Nanga amazwi athethwa nguThixo ngoDavide: ‘Ndiphawule ukuba uDavide, unyana kaJese, ngulo mntu kanye ndimfunayo, umfo oya kwenza oko sukuba ndifuna kwenziwe.’
23. NguYesu lo mzukulwana kaDavide wenziwe uMsindisi wamaSirayeli nguThixo njengoko wathembisayo.