Amaqhawe kaDavide afika kuye ekuzingelweni kwakhe nguSawule
1Nampa abafika kuDavide eSikilagi esagogobele ebusweni bukaSawule indodana kaKishi; babe phakathi kwamaqhawe, abasizi bakhe empini. 2Babehlomile iminsalo, besebenzisa isandla sokunene nesokhohlo ekuphonseni amatshe nasekucibisheleni imicibisholo ngomnsalo; ababe kubafowabo bakaSawule kwaBenjamini kwakuyilaba: 3inhloko u-Ahiyezeri noJowashi amadodana kaShemaha waseGibeya, noJeziyeli noPheleti amadodana ka-Azimaveti, noBerakha, noJehu wase-Anathoti, 4no-Ishmaya waseGibeyoni, iqhawe phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu, ebaphethe abangamashumi amathathu, noJeremiya, noJahaziyeli, noJohanani, noJozabadi waseGedera, 5no-Eluzayi, noJerimoti, noBehaliya, noShemariya, noShefathiya umHarufi, 6no-Elkana, noJishiya, no-Azareli, noJohezeri, noJashobehamu, amaKora, 7noJowela noZebadiya, amadodana kaJerohamu waseGedori. 8KwabakwaGadi abanye bazahlukanisa baya kuDavide enqabeni ehlane, amaqhawe anamandla, abantu abazilungiselele ukulwa, abakwazi ukuphatha isihlangu nomkhonto, ababuso babo bafana nobuso bezingonyama, abanejubane njengezinsephe ezintabeni: 9ngu-Ezeri inhloko, no-Obadiya owesibili, no-Eliyabe owesithathu, 10noMishimana owesine, noJeremiya owesihlanu, 11no-Athayi owesithupha, no-Eliyeli owesikhombisa, 12noJohanani owesishiyagalombili, no-Elizabadi owesishiyagalolunye, 13noJeremiya oweshumi, noMakibanayi oweshumi nanye.
14Lawo madodana kaGadi ayeyizinhloko zempi; encinyane kuwo yayilingana nekhulu, yalingana nenkulungwane. 15Yilabo ababewela iJordani ngenyanga yokuqala, ligcwele liphuphuma zonke izingu zalo; baxosha bonke abasezigodini ngasempumalanga nangasentshonalanga.
16Kwafika nabantwana bakwaBenjamini noJuda enqabeni kuDavide. 17UDavide waphuma ukubahlangabeza, wathatha, wathi kubo: “Uma nize nokuthula kimi ukungisiza, inhliziyo yami iyakuba nye nani, kepha uma kungukungikhohlisa ezitheni zami, lokhu kungekho okubi ezandleni zami, uNkulunkulu wawobaba makakubheke, akujezise.”
18Kwase kwehla umoya phezu kuka-Amasayi owayeyinhloko yabangamashumi amathathu, wathi:
“Singabakho thina, Davide,
sinawe, wena ndodana kaJese;
ukuthula, ukuthula makube nawe,
ukuthula makube nabakusizayo,
ngokuba uNkulunkulu wakho uyakusiza.”
Wayesebamukela uDavide, wabenza izinhloko zeviyo.
19Kwafika abanye kwabakwaManase kuDavide, lapho efika namaFilisti ukulwa noSawule, kepha abawasizanga, ngokuba izinduna zamaFilisti sezilulekene zammukisa, zathi: “Uyakuhlubukela enkosini yakhe uSawule, amakhanda ethu abe sengozini.” 20Ekuyeni kwakhe eSikilagi kwahlubukela kuye kwabakwaManase o-Adina, noJozabadi, noJediyayeli, noMikayeli, noJozabadi, no-Elihu, noSilethayi, izinhloko zezinkulungwane zabakwaManase. 21Bamsiza uDavide eviyweni, ngokuba babe ngamaqhawe anamandla bonke, beyizinduna zempi. 22Ngokuba imihla ngemihla bafika kuDavide ukumsiza, kwaze kwaba yimpi enkulu njengempi kaNkulunkulu.
Umumo wabantu abambeka uDavide inkosi eHebroni
23Nazi izibalo zezinhloko zababehlomele ukulwa abeza kuDavide eHebroni ukuba baguqulele umbuso kaSawule kuye njengezwi likaJehova. 24Abantwana bakwaJuda ababephethe izihlangu nemikhonto babeyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, behlomele ukulwa. 25Kubantwana bakwaSimeyoni amaqhawe anamandla okulwa yizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa nekhulu. 26Kubantwana bakwaLevi yizinkulungwane ezine namakhulu ayisithupha. 27UJehoyada wayengumholi wakwa-Aroni, enezinkulungwane ezintathu namakhulu ayisikhombisa, 28noSadoki insizwa eyiqhawe elinamandla, nasendlini kayise izinduna ezingamashumi amabili nambili. 29Kubantwana bakwaBenjamini, abafowabo bakaSawule, yizinkulungwane ezintathu, ngokuba kuze kube manje imvama yabo yayithembekile endlini kaSawule. 30Kubantwana bakwa-Efrayimi yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, amaqhawe anamandla, abantu abanegama ezindlini zawoyise. 31Kuyo inxenye yesizwe sakwaManase yizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili, ezabizwa ngamagama ukuba zize zimbeke uDavide inkosi. 32Kubantwana bakwa-Isakare ngabazi ukuqonda izikhathi ukuba bazi okufanele ukwenziwa ngu-Israyeli; izinhloko zabo zazingamakhulu amabili; bonke abafowabo balalela izwi labo. 33KuZebuloni abangaphuma impi, bayihlele impi benezikhali zonke zokulwa, yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, bezihlela nganhliziyonye. 34KuNafetali yizinduna eziyinkulungwane, zinezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa eziphethe isihlangu nomkhonto. 35KwabakwaDani abangahlela impi yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili namakhulu ayisithupha. 36Ku-Asheri abangaphuma impi, bayihlele impi, yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane. 37Ngaphesheya kweJordani kwabakwaGadi nasenxenyeni yesizwe sakwaManase, benezikhali zonke zempi zokulwa, yizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili.
38Onke lawo madoda empi, angahlela impi, afika eHebroni ngezinhliziyo ezipheleleyo ukubeka uDavide inkosi kwa-Israyeli; nabo bonke abaseleyo bakwa-Israyeli babenhliziyonye ukumbeka uDavide inkosi. 39Babe lapho noDavide izinsuku ezintathu, bedla, bephuza, ngokuba abafowabo babebalungisele. 40Ababe seduze nabo kuze kube kwa-Isakare, nakwaZebuloni, nakwaNafetali baletha isinkwa ngezimbongolo, nangamakamela, nangeminyuzi,* nangezinkabi, nokudla kwempuphu, nezigaxa zamakhiwane, nezigaxa zezithelo zomvini ezomileyo, newayini, namafutha, nezinkabi, nezimvu eziningi, ngokuba kwakukhona ukuthokoza kwa-Israyeli.
