¹ Lawa angamazwi okugcina kaDavide . UDavide indodana kaJese uthi , umuntu owaphakanyiselwa phezulu uthi , ogcotshiweyo kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe nomhlabeleli omnandi wakwa-Israyeli usho ukuthi: ² UMoya kaJehova wakhuluma ngami; izwi lakhe lalisolimini lwami. ³ UNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli wathi, iDwala lika-Israyeli lakhuluma kimi ukuthi: Obusa abantu ngokulunga, abuse ngokumesaba uNkulunkulu, ⁴ unjengokukhanya kwasekuseni ekuphumeni kwelanga, isasa elingenamafu, lapho kuvela ekukhanyeni uhlaza emhlabathini emva kwemvula. ⁵ Ayinjalo indlu yami kuNkulunkul u na? Ngokuba wenzile nami isivumelwano esiphakade ; sihleliwe ezintweni zonke , sigcinekile, ngokuba yonke insindiso yami nokwenama kwami akayikukuhlumisa na? ⁶ Kepha onke amashinga ayakub a njengameva alahlwayo , ngokuba angephathwe ngesandla. ⁷ Kodwa umuntu owathintay o wohlonyiswa ngensimbi nangothi lomkhonto , aze ashiswe nokushiswa ngomlilo kuleyo ndawo. Amaqhawe kaDavide ⁸ Lawa angamagama amaqhawe kaDavide : UJoshebi Bashebeti waseTahekemoni, inhloko yabathathu ; nguyena owaphakamisa umkhonto wakhe, walwa nabantu abangam akhulu ayisishiyagalombili abagwazwa ngasikhathi sinye. ⁹ Emva kwakhe kwakungu -Eleyazare in dodana kaDodayi indodana yomAhohi, omunye wamaqhawe amathathu ayenoDavide mhla edelela amaFilisti ayebuthene lapho ukulwa, abantu bakwa-Israyeli sebehambile; ¹⁰ wasuka wabulala amaFilisti saze sakhathala isandla sakhe , isandla sakhe sanamathela enkembeni ; uJehova wenza insindiso enkulu ngalolo suku ; abantu babuya emva kwakhe ukuba baphange kuphela. ¹¹ Emva kwakhe kwakunguShama indodana ka -Age umHarari. AmaFilisti ayebuthene eLehi , lapho kwakukhona isiqephu sezwe esigcwele imbumba ; abantu babaleka ebusweni bamaFilisti. ¹² Kepha wayemi phakathi nesiqephu , wasivikela, wawabulala amaFilisti ; uJehova wenza insindiso enkulu. ¹³ Kwehla abathathu kwaba yizinhloko ezingamashumi amathathu , bafika kuDavide ngesikhathi sokuvuna emhumeni wase -Adulamu; impi yamaFilisti yayimise esiGodini samaRefa. ¹⁴ UDavide wayesesenqabeni; ikhanda lamaFilisti laliseBetlehema. ¹⁵ UDavide wanxanela , wathi: Hawu, sengathi ngingaphuziswa amanzi asemthonjeni waseBetlehema ongasesangweni. ¹⁶ Lawo maqhawe amathathu afohla ikamu lamaFilisti , akha aman zi emthonjeni waseBetlehama owawungasesangweni , awathatha, awaletha kuDavide; kepha akavumanga ukuwaphuza, kodwa wawathululela uJehova. ¹⁷ Wathi: Makube kude nami , Jehova, ukuba ngenze lokhu ; kuyigazi lalabo bantu ababesuka besengozini. Akavumanga ukuwaphuza. Lezo zinto zenziwa yilawa maqhawe amathathu. ¹⁸ U-Abishayi umfowabo kaJowabe indodana kaSeruya wayeyinhloko yabathathu. Waphakamisela abangamakhulu amathathu umkhonto wakhe , wababulala, waba negama phakathi kwalabo abathathu. ¹⁹ Wayengengotusekayo phakath i kwamashumi amathathu na ? Ngalokho waba yisikhulu sabo, kepha akafinyelelanga nokho kwabathathu bokuqala. ²⁰ UBenaya indodana kaJehoyada , indodana yendoda enamandla , owayenze imisebenzi emikhulu , owaseKabiseyeli, wabulala amaqhawe amabili akwaMowabi; futhi wehla, wabulala ingonyama phakathi komgodi ngosuku lweqhwa, ²¹ wabulala nowaseGibithe, umuntu owabukeka emuhle ; owaseGibithe wayephethe umkhonto esandleni sakhe , kepha wehlela kuye ephethe induku nje, wawuhlwitha umkhonto esandleni sowaseGibithe , wambulala ngomkhonto wakhe. ²² Lezo zinto wazenza uBenaya indodana kaJehoyada, waba negama phakathi kwalawo maqhawe amathathu. ²³ Wayetuseka kunabangamashumi amathathu , kepha akafinyelelanga kwabathathu bokuqala. UDavide wambeka phezu kwabalindi bakhe. ²⁴ Phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu kwakukhona u -Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe, no-Elihanani indodana kaDodo waseBetlehema, ²⁵ noShama waseHarodi, no-Elika waseHarodi, ²⁶ noHelesi wasePaliti, no-Ira indodana ka-Ikheshi waseThekhowa, ²⁷ no-Abiyezeri wase-Anathoti, noMebunayi umHushati, ²⁸ noSalimoni umAhohi, noMaharayi waseNethofa, ²⁹ noHelevi indodana kaBahana waseNethofa , no-Ithayi indodana kaRibayi waseGibeya labantwana bakwaBenjamini, ³⁰ noBenaya wasePirathoni, noHidayi wangasemifudlaneni yakwaGahashi, ³¹ no-Abi Aliboni wase-Araba, no-Azimaveti waseBarhumi, ³² no-Eliyaba waseShahaliboni, noBene Jasheni, noJonathani, ³³ noShama waseHarari, no-Ahiyamu indodana kaSharari wase-Arari, ³⁴ no-Elifeleti indodana ka -Ahashibayi indodana yomMahakha , no-Eliyamu indodana ka-Ahithofeli waseGilo, ³⁵ noHeserayi waseKarmeli, noPhaharayi wase-Arabi, ³⁶ no-Igali indodana kaNathani waseSoba, noBani wakwaGadi, ³⁷ noSeleki wakwa -Amoni, noNaharayi waseBeroti , izindibi zezikhali zikaJowabe indodana kaSeruya, ³⁸ no-Ira waseJetheri, noGarebi waseJetheri, ³⁹ no-Uriya umHeti, bengamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa bebonke.