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| 1. | Khona zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli zeza kuDavida eHebroni, zakhuluma zisithi: Khangela, thina silithambo lakho lenyama yakho. |
| 2. | Lesikhathini esidlulileyo, uSawuli eseyinkosi phezu kwethu, nguwe owakhupha lowangenisa uIsrayeli, le Nkosi yathi kuwe: Wena uzakwelusa abantu bami uIsrayeli, lawe uzakuba ngumbusi phezu kukaIsrayeli. |
| 3. | Ngakho kwafika bonke abadala bakoIsrayeli enkosini uDavida eHebroni; inkosi uDavida yasisenza isivumelwano labo eHebroni phambi kwe Nkosi; basebemgcoba uDavida, waba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli. |
| 4. | UDavida wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amathathu ekubeni kwakhe yinkosi; wabusa iminyaka engamatshumi amane. |
| 5. | EHebroni wabusa phezu kukaJuda iminyaka eyisikhombisa lenyanga eziyisithupha; leJerusalema wabusa iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lantathu phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke loJuda. |
| 6. | Inkosi labantu bayo basebesiya eJerusalema kumaJebusi, abahlali belizwe; akhuluma kuDavida athi: Kawuyikungena lapha, ngaphandle kokuthi ususe iziphofu labaqhulayo; besithi uDavida kayikungena lapho. |
| 7. | Kodwa uDavida wayithumba inqaba yeZiyoni; le ngumuzi kaDavida. |
| 8. | UDavida wasesithi ngalolosuku: Ngulowo lalowo otshaya umJebusi, lofinyelela emgelweni wamanzi, lakwabaqhulayo leziphofini, abazondwa ngumphefumulo kaDavida -. Ngakho bathi: Isiphofu loqhulayo kabayikungena endlini. |
| 9. | Ngakho uDavida wahlala enqabeni, wayibiza ngokuthi ngumuzi kaDavida. UDavida wakha inhlangothi zonke, kusukela eMilo kusiya phakathi. |
| 10. | UDavida waqhubeka njalo esiba lamandla, njalo i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wamabandla, yayilaye. |
| 11. | UHiramu inkosi yeTire wasethuma izithunywa kuDavida, lezigodo zomsedari, lababazi bezigodo lababazi bamatshe; basebemakhela uDavida indlu. |
| 12. | UDavida wasekwazi ukuthi i Nkosi yayimmisile ukuthi abe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, lokuthi iwuphakamisile umbuso wakhe ngenxa yabantu bayo uIsrayeli. |
| 13. | UDavida wasethatha abanye abafazi abancane labafazi bevela eJerusalema, esevela eHebroni, njalo kwakulamanye amadodana lamadodakazi azalelwa uDavida. |
| 14. | Njalo la ngamabizo alabo abazalelwa yena eJerusalema: OShamuwa, loShobabi, loNathani, loSolomoni, |
| 15. | loIbihari, loElishuwa, loNefegi, loJafiya, |
| 16. | loElishama, loEliyada, loElifeleti. |
| 17. | Kwathi amaFilisti esezwile ukuthi bamgcobile uDavida ukuthi abe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, wonke amaFilisti enyuka ukuyamdinga uDavida; uDavida wakuzwa, wehlela enqabeni. |
| 18. | AmaFilisti esefikile asabalala esihotsheni seRefayimi. |
| 19. | UDavida wasebuza e Nkosi ni esithi: Ngingenyukela yini kumaFilisti? Uzawanikela esandleni sami yini? I Nkosi yasisithi kuDavida: Yenyuka, ngoba isibili ngizawanikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho. |
| 20. | UDavida wasefika eBhali-Perazimi, uDavida wawatshaya khona, wathi: I Nkosi izifohlele izitha zami phambi kwami njengokufohla kwamanzi. Ngakho wabiza ibizo laleyondawo ngokuthi yiBhali-Perazimi. |
| 21. | Asetshiya izithombe zawo lapho, loDavida labantu bakhe bazithatha. |
| 22. | AmaFilisti asebuya enyuka futhi, asabalala esihotsheni seRefayimi. |
| 23. | Lapho uDavida ebuza i Nkosi, yathi: Ungenyuki; bhoda ngemuva kwawo, uwasukele maqondana lezihlahla zebhalisamu. |
| 24. | Kuzakuthi-ke lapho usizwa isisinde sokuhamba ezihlokweni zezihlahla zebhalisamu, lapho uphangise, ngoba ngalesosikhathi i Nkosi izaphuma phambi kwakho ukutshaya ibutho lamaFilisti. |
| 25. | UDavida wasesenza njalo, njengokumlaya kwayo i Nkosi, wawatshaya amaFilisti kusukela eGeba uze ufike eGezeri. |
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