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₁UDavide wabuye wabutha bonke abakhethiweyo bakwa-Israyeli, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu. ₂UDavide wahamba nabo bonke abantu ababe naye, besuka eBali Juda ukwenyusa khona umphongolo kaNkulunkulu obizwa ngeGama, lona igama likaJehova Sebawoti ohlala phezu kwamakherubi.* ₃Bawuhambisa umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ngengqukumbane entsha, bewukhipha endlini ka-Abinadaba eyayisegqumeni; o-Uza no-Ahiyo amadodana ka-Abinadaba bashayela leyo ngqukumbane entsha. ₄Bayikhipha-ke endlini ka-Abinadaba eyayisegqumeni kanye nomphongolo; u-Ahiyo wahamba phambi komphongolo. ₅UDavide kanye nendlu yonke ka-Israyeli bathokoza ebusweni bukaJehova benezinto zonke zokubetha zomsayipuresi,* namahabhu,* nezingubhu, nezigubhu, nobuxhaka, namasimbali.*

₆Ekufikeni kwabo esibuyeni sikaNakoni u-Uza welulela isandla emphongolweni kaNkulunkulu, wawubamba, ngokuba izinkabi zashelela. ₇Intukuthelo kaJehova yamvuthela u-Uza, uNkulunkulu wamshaya lapho ngenxa yesiphosiso sakhe; wafela khona ngasemphongolweni kaNkulunkulu.

₈UDavide wadabuka ngokuba uJehova emhlasele u-Uza, wayibiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iPheresi-Uza* kuze kube namuhla.

₉UDavide wamesaba uJehova ngalolo suku. Wathi: “Umphongolo kaJehova uyakuza kanjani kimi na?” ₁₀Ngalokho uDavide akavumanga ukuwuletha umphongolo kaJehova kuye emzini kaDavide, kepha uDavide wawubuyisela eceleni endlini ka-Obede Edomi umGiti. ₁₁Umphongolo kaJehova wahlala endlini ka-Obede Edomi umGiti izinyanga ezintathu; uJehova wambusisa u-Obede Edomi nendlu yakhe yonke.

₁₂Kwatshelwa inkosi uDavide ukuthi uJehova ubusisile indlu ka-Obede Edomi nakho konke okwakhe ngenxa yomphongolo kaNkulunkulu. UDavide wahamba wenyusa umphongolo kaNkulunkulu endlini ka-Obede Edomi, wawuyisa emzini kaDavide ngokujabula. ₁₃Kwakuthi ababethwele umphongolo kaJehova sebehambile izinyathelo eziyisithupha, wahlaba inkabi nethole elikhuluphalisiweyo. ₁₄UDavide wasina phambi kukaJehova ngamandla akhe onke; uDavide wayebhince ingubo yamahlombe yelineni. ₁₅Kanjalo uDavide nayo yonke indlu ka-Israyeli benyusa umphongolo kaJehova ngokukhamuluka nangokukhala kwecilongo.

₁₆Kwathi umphongolo kaJehova ungena nje emzini kaDavide, uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule walunguza efasiteleni, wabona inkosi uDavide itshekula, isina phambi kukaJehova; wayidelela enhliziyweni yakhe.

₁₇Bawungenisa umphongolo kaJehova, bawubeka endaweni yawo phakathi kwetende uDavide alimisele wona; uDavide wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa nangeminikelo yokuthula phambi kukaJehova. ₁₈UDavide eseqedile ukunikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa nangeminikelo yokuthula wabusisa abantu egameni likaJehova Sebawoti. ₁₉Wababela bonke abantu esixukwini sonke sakwa-Israyeli, abesilisa nabesifazane, kwaba yilowo nalowo ucezu lwesinkwa, nesicubu senyama, nesigaxa sezithelo zomvini ezomileyo. Base behamba abantu bonke, baya, kwaba yilowo nalowo ekhaya lakubo.

₂₀UDavide wayesebuya ukubusisa indlu yakhe. UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule waphuma ukumhlangabeza uDavide, wathi: “Yeka udumo lwenkosi ka-Israyeli namuhla, ezambulile namuhla emehlweni ezincekukazi zezinceku zakhe njengomunye wamayiyane, ezambula nokuzambula.”

₂₁Wayesethi uDavide kuMikhali: “Ngaphambi kukaJehova owangikhetha phezu kukayihlo naphezu kwayo yonke indlu yakhe ukungimisa ukuba ngibe ngumbusi wabantu bakaJehova kwa-Israyeli, yebo, ngaphambi kukaJehova ngathokoza. ₂₂Ngiyakudeleleka kakhulu kunalokho, ngithotshiswe nasemehlweni ami, kodwa izincekukazi okhulume ngazo ngiyakudunyiswa yizo.”

₂₃UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule akazalanga mntwana kwaze kwaba lusuku lokufa kwakhe.