1 IziKronike 10:1 AmaFilisti alwa no-Israyeli; amadoda akwa-Israyeli abaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, wawa ebulewe entabeni yaseGilibowa. 10:2 AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe; futhi amaFilisti abulala oJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMalikishuwa, amadodana ka-Abinadaba USawuli. 10:3 Futhi impi yaba nzima kuSawule, futhi abacibishelayo bamshaya, futhi yena yalinyazwa abacibishelayo. 10:4 USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe: Hosha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze. ngakho; hlezi laba abangasokile beze banginukubeze. Kodwa eyakhe Udibi lwezikhali aluvumanga; ngoba wesaba kakhulu. Ngakho uSawule wathatha inkemba, wawela phezu kwalo. 10:5 Futhi lapho udibi lwezikhali zakhe ebona ukuthi uSawule ufile, wawela phezu kwalo inkemba, wafa. 10:6 Ngakho uSawule wafa, kanye namadodana akhe amathathu, futhi yonke indlu yakhe yafa kanyekanye. 10:7 Futhi lapho wonke amadoda akwa-Israyeli ayesesigodini ebona ukuthi babaleka, kwathi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile, base bebashiya amaFilisti afika, ahlala kuyo. 10:8 Kwathi ngangomuso, lapho amaFilisti eza ukuphanga ababuleweyo bafumana uSawule namadodana akhe bewile entabeni yaseGilibowa. 10:9 Futhi lapho bamhlubula, bathatha ikhanda lakhe, nezikhali zakhe, futhi wathumela ezweni lamaFilisti nxazonke, ukuba amemezele kulo izithixo zabo, nakubantu. 10:10 Futhi abeka izikhali zakhe endlini yezithixo zabo, futhi abophe eyakhe inhloko ethempelini likaDagoni. 10:11 Futhi lapho yonke iJabeshi Gileyadi wezwa konke amaFilisti ayekwenzile USawuli, 10:12 Asukuma, onke amadoda anamandla, asithatha isidumbu sikaSawule, futhi izidumbu zamadodana akhe, waziyisa eJabeshi, wembela amathambo awo ngaphansi kwe-oki eJabeshi, wazila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. 10:13 Ngakho uSawule wafa ngenxa yesiphambeko sakhe asenza phambi kukaJehova. ngisho nezwi likaJehova angaligcinanga, kanjalo ecela iseluleko konedlozi ukuba abuze kuye; 10:14 Futhi akabuzanga kuJehova, ngakho wambulala, futhi waphenduka umbuso kuDavide indodana kaJese.