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₁Ke kaloku ekuhambeni kwexesha uDavide wawahlasela amaFilistiya wawoyisa, wayihlutha iGati namaphandle ayingqongileyo, ayabi sabakho phantsi kwamaFilistiya.

₂Ngokunjalo wawoyisa namaMowabhi, aza aba phantsi kwakhe, amnika imirhumo.

₃Kananjalo uDavide walwa nokumkani waseZobha uHadadizere, wamoyisa, wamsukelisa, waya kumfaka eHamati, xa kanye wayezama ukumilisela ulawulo lwakhe kummandla womlambo iEfrati. ₄UDavide wathimba iwaka leenqwelo zakhe, kunye namawaka asixhenxe abakhweli-mahashe, ngokunjalo namashumi amabini amawaka amajoni ahamba ngeenyawo. Amahashe ke wawanqumla imisipha, washiya amahashe eenqwelo alikhulu.

₅Athe ke ama-Aram aseDamasko akuzama ukuncedisa uHadadizere ukumkani waseZobha, wasuka uDavide wabulala amashumi amabini anambini amawaka awo. ₆Wasuka ke wabeka amabutho akhe kuwo wonke umbuso wama-Aram aseDamasko, ahlala ephantsi kwakhe, akhupha imirhumo kuye. UDavide wanikwa uloyiso nguNdikhoyo apho konke ahamba khona.

₇UDavide wawahlutha amakhaka egolide awayephathwa ngamaphakathi kaHadadizere, waya nawo eJerusalem. ₈Kwiidolophu zikaHadadizere iTebha neKun, uDavide wathimba intaphane yobhedu olwasetyenziswa nguSolomon xa wayesenza ichibi lobhedu, iintsika, kwanezinye izinto ezazenziwe ngobhedu.

₉Zaya kutsho naseHamati kukumkani uToyu iindaba zokoyiswa nguDavide komkhosi wokumkani waseZobha uHadadizere. ₁₀Wandulula unyana wakhe uHadoram ukuba ase imibuliso yakhe kukumkani uDavide, avuyisane naye ngokoyisa kwakhe uHadadizere owalwa kaninzi-ninzi nokumkani uToyu. UHadoram waphathela uDavide izipho ezenziwe ngegolide nangesiliva nangobhedu.

₁₁Ezo zipho ke uDavide wazinikezela kuNdikhoyo, kwanjengoko wenjenjalo ngesiliva negolide awayeyithimbe kuzo zonke ezi zizwe: amaEdom, amaMowabhi, ama-Amon, amaFilistiya, nama-Amaleki.

₁₂Ke uAbhishayi unyana kaZeruya wabulala ishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka amaEdom kwiNtlambo yeTyuwa. ₁₃Wamisa amabutho akhe e-Edom, aza amaEdom aba phantsi koDavide. UNdikhoyo wamnika uloyiso uDavide konke apho ahamba khona.

₁₄Ke kaloku uDavide walawula uSirayeli ewonke jikelele, ebaphethe kakuhle nangobulungisa bonke abantu bakhe. ₁₅UJowabhi, unyana kaZeruya, wayeyinjengele yomkhosi, uYoshafati, unyana ka-Ahilude, engumthathi-manqaku. ₁₆Ke yena uZadoki, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, noAhimeleki, unyana ka-Abhiyatare, babengababingeleli, uShavesha yena engunobhala. ₁₇UBhenaya, unyana kaJoyada, wayongamele abalindi abangamaKreti namaPleti. Ke bona oonyana bakaDavide bengamaphakathi kakumkani aphambili.