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₁Ke kaloku ekuhambeni kwexesha uDavide wawahlasela amaFilistiya, wawoyisa, wabuhlutha ubukhosi esandleni sawo.

₂Ngokunjalo wawoyisa namaMowabhi. Uwalalise phantsi emhlabeni, wathatha intambo, wawalinganisa ngayo, isibini sobude bawo wasibulala, ke sona esesithathu sisonke wasiyeka saphila. AmaMowabhi aba phantsi kukaDavide ke, amnika imirhumo.

₃Kananjalo uDavide walwa nokumkani waseZobha uHadadizere unyana kaRehobhi, xa kanye wayezama ukubuyisela 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 konke apho ahamba khona. ₇UDavide wawahlutha amakhaka egolide awayengawamaphakathi kaHadadizere, waya nawo eJerusalem. ₈Kwiidolophu zikaHadadizere iTebha neBherotayi ukumkani uDavide wathimba intaphane yobhedu.

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

₁₁Ezo zipho uDavide wazinikezela kuNdikhoyo, kwanjengoko wenjenjalo nangesiliva negolide awayeyithimbe kwizizwe zonke azoyisileyo: ₁₂ama-Aram, amaMowabhi, ama-Amon, amaFilistiya, kunye nama-Amaleki. Wanikezela nangamaxhoba awawathimba kukumkani waseZobha uHadadizere unyana kaRehobhi.

₁₃UDavide wazenzela igama ukubuya kwakhe emva kokubulala ishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka amaEdom kwiNtlambo yeTyiwa. ₁₄Wamisa amabutho akhe kulo lonke elase-Edom, aza amaEdom aba phantsi koDavide. UNdikhoyo wamnika uloyiso uDavide konke apho ahamba khona.

₁₅Ke kaloku uDavide walawula uSirayeli ewonke jikelele, ebaphethe kakuhle nangobulungisa bonke abantu bakhe. ₁₆UJowabhi, unyana kaZeruya, wayeyinjengele yomkhosi, uYoshafati, unyana ka-Ahilude, engumthathi-manqaku. ₁₇Ke yena uZadoki, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, noAhimeleki, unyana ka-Abhiyatare, babengababingeleli, uSeraya yena engunobhala. ₁₈UBhenaya, unyana kaJoyada, wayongamele abalindi abangamaKreti namaPleti. Ke bona oonyana bakaDavide bengabacebisi bakakumkani.