1. Ke kaloku uSathana wavukela uSirayeli ngokuxhokonxa uDavide ukuze awabale amaSirayeli.
2. UDavide wathetha noJowabhi nabanye abaphathi bomkhosi, wathi kubo: “Yiyani kubala amaSirayeli, niqale eBheshebha, nime kwaDan. Nakugqiba ke nize nindinike ingxelo, ukuze ndilazi inani lawo.”
3. Ke yena uJowabhi wathi: “Ngamana *uNdikhoyo wabandisa kalikhulu abantu bakhe. Mhlekazi kumkani, asingobakho bonke na aba bantu? Ngani ke, mhlekazi, ukuba ufune ukwenza into enje? Ngani ukuba umhlekazi azisele uSirayeli ityala?”
4. Kambe ke ilizwi likakumkani lamoyisa uJowabhi, waza wemka uJowabhi wamtyhutyha wonke uSirayeli, kamva ke wabuyela eJerusalem.
5. Inani lamadoda omkhosi walixela kuDavide. KuSirayeli ephela yayisisigidi esinekhulu lamawaka, amadoda akwaziyo ukusebenzisa ikrele, kwakunye namakhulu amane anamashumi asixhenxe amawaka kwelakwaJuda.
6. Kambe ke uJowabhi akambalanga uLevi noBhenjamin, kuba kaloku umyalelo kakumkani wawulumeza kuye.
7. Ewe, lo myalelo wawumbi nakuThixo, ngoko ke wasuka wawohlwaya amaSirayeli.
8. UDavide wathi kuThixo: “Ewe, ndenze into embi gqitha ngesi senzo. Ngoko ke ndiyakubongoza bususe ubutyala bam, mna sicaka sakho. Ndenze into yobutyhakala.”
9. UNdikhoyo wathetha nomshumayeli kaDavide uGadi, wathi:
10. “Yiya kuDavide, uthi: ‘Nanga amazwi kaNdikhoyo,’ uthi ndithi makakhethe kwizinto ezintathu, ukuze ndikwazi ukuthatha amanyathelo.”
11. UGadi waya ke kuDavide, wafika wathi: “Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi khetha into amakakwenze yona: