1 iziKronike Chapter 10
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AmaFilisti alwa no -Israyeli; abantu bakwa -Israyeli babaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, bawa begwaziwe entabeni yaseGilibowa.
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AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe; amaFilisti abulala oJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMaliki Shuwa, amadodana kaSawule.
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Impi yaba nzima kuSawule ; abacibishelayo bamfica; wakhathazeka ngenxa yabacibishelayo.
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USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe : Hosha inkemba yakho , ungigwaze ngayo , funa labo abangasokile bafike , bangone. Kepha aluvumanga udibi lwezikhali zakh e, ngokuba lwesaba kakhulu . Ngalokho uSawule wayithatha inkemba, wawela phezu kwayo.
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Udibi lwezikhali zakhe selubonile ukuthi uSawule ufile , lwawela nalo phezu kwenkemba, lwafa.
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Wafa-ke uSawule namadodana akhe amathathu ; nendlu yakhe yonke yafa kanyekanye.
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Lapho bonke abantu bakwa -Israyeli ababe sesigodini bebona ukuthi babaleka nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile , bashiya imizi yabo , babaleka; amaFilisti afika, ahlala kuyo.
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Kwathi ngangomuso , lapho amaFilisti efika ukuphanga ababuleweyo , afumana uSawule namadodana akhe bewile entabeni yaseGilibowa.
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Amphanga, athatha ikhanda lakhe nezikhali zakhe , akuthuma ezweni lamaFilisti nxazonke ukukumemezela kuzo izithombe zawo nakubantu.
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Azibeka izikhali zakhe endlini yawonkulunkulu bawo , abethela ikhanda lakhe endlini kaDagoni.
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Selizwile iJabeshi Gileyadi konke amaFilisti ayekwenzile kuSawule,
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kwasuka onke amadoda anamandla , asithatha isidumbu sikaSawule nezidumbu zamadodana akhe , aziletha eJabeshi, awembela amathambo abo phansi kwe-oki eJabeshi, azila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
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Wafa kanjalo -ke uSawule ngesiphambeko sakhe aphambuka ngaso kuJehova ngenxa yezwi likaJehova angaligcinanga nangokuba kade eyile ukubhula konedlozi ukuba abuze kuye,
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engabuzanga kuJehova ; ngalokho-ke wambulala , wabuyisela umbuso kuDavide indodana kaJese.