Ukunqoba kukaDavide
1Kwathi emva kwalokho uDavide wawashaya amaFilisti, wawahlula, walithatha iGati nemizana yalo esandleni samaFilisti.
2Wanqoba noMowabi; abakwaMowabi baba-yizinceku zikaDavide, bathela intela.
3UDavide washaya noHadarezeri inkosi yaseSoba ngaseHamati ekuhambeni kwakhe ukuqinisa isandla sakhe ngasemfuleni uEwufrathe.
4UDavide wamaphuca izinqola eziyinkulungwane, nabamahashi abayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, nemigundatshani eyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili; uDavide wanquma imisipha yawo onke amahashi ezinqola, washiya awezinqola eziyikhulu kodwa.
5Ama-Aramu aseDamaseku esefika ukumsiza uHadarezeri inkosi yaseSoba, uDavide wabulala kuma-Aramu abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nambili.
6UDavide wamisa amakhanda eAramu laseDamaseku; ama-Aramu aba-yizinceku zikaDavide, athela intela. UJehova wamnqobisa uDavide nomaphi lapho eya khona.
7UDavide wathatha izihlangu zegolide ezazisezincekwini zikaHadarezeri, waziletha eJerusalema.
8EThibahati naseKhuni imizi kaHadarezeri uDavide wathatha ithusi eliningi kakhulu uSolomoni enza ngalo ulwandle lwethusi, nezinsika nezitsha zethusi.
9Lapho uThowu inkosi yaseHamati ezwa ukuthi uDavide ushayile yonke impi kaHadarezeri inkosi yaseSoba,
10wathuma uHadoramu indodana yakhe enkosini uDavide ukuyibingelela nokuyibusisa, ngokuba yayilwile noHadarezeri, yamnqoba, ngokuba uHadarezeri wayelokhu elwa noThowu; wathuma izinhlobo zonke zezitsha zegolide nezesiliva nezethusi.
11Nalezo inkosi uDavide yayizingcwelisela uJehova kanye nesiliva negolide alisusa ezizweni zonke: kuEdomi, nakuMowabi, nakubantwana bakwa-Amoni, nakumaFilisti, nakuma-Amaleki.
12UAbishayi indodana kaSeruya wabulala kwabakwaEdomi esiGodini sikaSawoti izinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili.
13Wamisa amakhanda kwaEdomi; bonke abakwaEdomi baba-yizinceku zikaDavide. UJehova wamnqobisa uDavide nomaphi lapho eya khona.
Izinduna zikaDavide
14UDavide wabusa phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke, waphatha ukwahlulela nokulunga kubo bonke abantu bakhe.
15UJowabe indodana kaSeruya wayephezu kwempi; uJehoshafati indodana ka-Ahiludi wayengumabhalana;
16uSadoki indodana ka-Ahithubi noAbimeleki indodana ka-Abiyathara babengabapristi; noShawisha wayengumbhali;
17uBenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayephezu kwamaKhereti namaPheleti; amadodana kaDavide ayengabokuqala ngasenkosini.
