Ko e foha lahi taha ʻo Tuʻi Saulá, ʻa Sionatane, ko ha tokotaha toʻa ia ʻi he taú. Naʻe pehē ʻe Tēvita naʻe veʻe vave ange ʻa Sionatane ʻi ha ʻīkale peá ne mālohi ange ʻi ha laione. ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha, naʻe sio atu ai ʻa Sionatane ki ha kau sōtia Filisitia ʻe toko 20 ʻi ha moʻunga. Naʻá ne pehē ange ki heʻene tangata toʻo meʻataú: ‘Te ta ʻohofi kinautolu ʻo kapau pē ʻe ʻomai ʻe Sihova kiate kitaua ha fakaʻilonga. Kapau ʻe tala mai ʻe he kau Filisitiá ke ta kaka hake, ko e fakaʻilonga ia ke ta ʻohofi ai kinautolu.’ Naʻe kaila mai ʻa e kau Filisitiá: ‘Mo ʻalu hake ʻo faitau!’ Ko ia naʻe kaka hake ʻa e ongo tangatá ʻi he moʻungá ʻo na ikunaʻi ʻa e kau sōtiá.

Koeʻuhi ko Sionatane ʻa e foha lahi taha ʻo Saulá, naʻá ne mei hoko ko e tuʻi hono hokó. Ka naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Sionatane kuo fili ʻe Sihova ʻa Tēvita ko e tuʻi ia hono hoko ʻo ʻIsilelí; neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai te ne meheka. Naʻe kaumeʻa ofi ʻa Sionatane mo Tēvita. Naʻá na fepalōmesiʻaki te na tauʻaki maluʻi mo taukapoʻi kinaua. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sionatane kia Tēvita ʻa hono  kofú, heletaá, ngahaú, mo hono letá ko ha fakamoʻoni ia ʻo ʻena kaumeʻá.

ʻI he hola ʻa Tēvita meia Saulá, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Sionatane kiate ia ʻo pehē: ‘Ke ke hoko ʻo mālohi pea loto-toʻa. Kuo fili koe ʻe Sihova ke ke hoko ko e tuʻi. ʻOku ʻiloʻi foki ia ʻe heʻeku tamaí.’ Te ke saiʻia ke ʻi ai hao kaumeʻa lelei hangē ko Sionatané?

Naʻe laka hake he tuʻo tahá ʻa hono tuku ʻe Sionatane ʻene moʻuí ke ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻi heʻene tokoniʻi ʻa hono kaumeʻá. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi naʻe loto ʻa Tuʻi Saula ke tāmateʻi ʻa Tēvita, ko ia naʻá ne pehē ki heʻene tamaí: ‘Te ke faiangahala kapau te ke tāmateʻi ʻa Tēvita; kuo ʻikai te ne fai ha kovi.’ Naʻe ʻita lahi ʻa Saula ʻia Sionatane. ʻI ha ngaahi taʻu ki mui ai, naʻe mate fakataha ai ʻa Saula mo Sionatane ʻi he taú.

Hili ʻa e mate ʻa Sionatané, naʻe kumi ʻa Tēvita ki he foha ʻo Sionatane ko Mefipōsetí. ʻI hono maʻu ia ʻe Tēvitá, naʻá ne tala ange kia Mefipōseti: ‘Koeʻuhi ko hoʻo tamaí ko hoku kaumeʻa lelei, te u tokangaʻi koe ʻi he kotoa ʻo hoʻo moʻuí. Te ke nofo ʻi hoku palasí pea kai ʻi heʻeku tēpilé.’ Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke ngalo ʻia Tēvita ʻa hono kaumeʻa ko Sionatané.