1 IINKRONIKE 18
Izipi nombuso kaDavida
1Kwathi emva kwalokho uDavida wamadlha amaFilista bewawabusa. Wathumba iGathi nemizanayo wayikhupha ezandleni zamaFilista. 2UDavida waragela phambili wamadlha namaMowabi, aba ziinsebenzi zakhe, athela nemithelo kuye. 3Ngaphezu kwalokho wamadlha nekosi yeTsoba uHadadi-Ezeri hlanu kweRhamathi, lokha uHadadi-Ezeri nasendleleni bona ayokusungula umbuswakhe magegana nomlambo iYufrathe. 4UDavida wathumba kuye iinkulungwana zeenkarana zepi, iinkulungwana ezilikhomba zabakhweli beenkarana kanye neenkulungwana ezimatjhumi amabili zamajoni weenyawo. Waqunta imisipha yeenjomani wazitjhiyela kwaphela ikhulu leenjomani ezibotjhelwako. 5Kuthe lokha ama-Aramu weDamaseku nakeza bonyana azokusiza uHadadi-Ezeri ikosi yeTsoba, uDavida wamadlha phasi iinkulungwana ezimatjhumi amabili nambili zawo. 6Wajamisa iinqhema zamajoni embusweni wama-Aramu eDamaseku. Ama-Aramu asebenzela uDavida abe athela nemithelo kuye. USomnini wapha uDavida ukuhlula koke lapha akhamba khona.
7UDavida wathatha iinlanda zegolide egade kungezeenduna zakaHadadi-Ezeri waziletha eJerusalema. 8Ukusukela eThibirhathi neKuni ekumimizi egade ingeyakaHadadi-Ezeri, uDavida wabutha lapho ikoporo enengi kwamambala. Emva kwesikhathi ngekoporo leyo uSolomoni wenza ilwandle lekoporo, iinsika zethempeli nezitjana zoke zekoporo.
9Kuthe lokha uTowu ikosi yeRhamathi nakezwa bonyana uDavida uhlule loke ibutho lakaHadadi-Ezeri ikosi yeTsoba, 10wathumela uHadoramu indodanakhe ekosini uDavida uyokumbingelela nokumthokozisa ekwahluleni kwakhe ipi kaHadadi-Ezeri ngombana uHadadi-Ezeri bekahlala alwa naye. UHadoramu waphathela uDavida imihlobohlobo yezipho zegolide, zesiliva nezekoporo. 11Ikosi uDavida yanikela iziphezo kuZimu njengombana bekenzile ngesiliva negolide agade alithumbe kizo zoke izizwe azihlulileko. Izizwezi gade kuma-Edomu, amaMowabi, ama-Amoni, amaFilista nama-Amalekhi.
12U-Abitjhayi umsa kaTseruya wamadlha phasi itjhumi nabunane leenkulungwana zabakwa-Edomu ngemrhobeni weTswayi. 13Wajamisa iinqhema zamajoni kwa-Edomu. Ama-Edomu woke asebenzela uDavida. Ngambala uSomnini uZimu wapha uDavida ukuhlula koke lapha akhamba khona.
Iinkhulu zakaDavida
14UDavida wabusa phezu kwaka-Israyeli woke, wagweba ngokulungileko boke abeza kuye ngemiraro.
15UJowabi umsa kaTseruya gade amphathi webutho;
uJehotjhafathi umsa ka-Arhiludi kungusosiba;
16uTsadokhi umsa ka-Arhitubi no-Abimeleki umsa ka-Abiyatari bekubaphristi;
uTjhavitjha angumabhalana;
17uBhenaya umsa kaJehoyada gade aphethe amaKereti namaPeleti;
amadodana kaDavida wona bekaziinkhulu ngehlangothini lakayise.
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