17. Solomone a bala bajaki bohle ba neng ba le naheng ya Iseraele; a ba bala jwalokaha Davida, ntatae, a ne a ile a ba bala. Ha fumanwa ba le dikete tse lekgolo le mashome a mahlano a metso e meraro, le makgolo a tsheletseng.
18. Ba dikete tse mashome a supileng a ba abela ho jara thoto; ba dikete tse mashome a robedi a ba abela ho thua majwe thabeng, mme ba dikete tse tharo le makgolo a tsheletseng bona a ba abela ho hlokomela batho ba sebetsang.