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:
12. iminyaka emithathu yembalela, okanye iinyanga ezintathu zinivuthulula ziniwisa ngamakrele azo iintshaba zenu, kungenjalo ke ibe ziintsuku ezintathu uNdikhoyo ethumele isithunywa sakhe ukuze sifake ubhubhani kuwo wonke umhlaba wakwaSirayeli. Cingisisa undinike impendulo emandiyise kulowo undithumileyo.”
13. UDavide waphendula wathi kuGadi: “Ndisengxakini enkulu. Kodwa ke kubhetele ndiwele ezandleni zikaNdikhoyo, kuba inkulu inceba yakhe. Ewe, andikunqweneli ukuwela ezandleni zabantu.”
14. Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo wathumela isibetho sikabhubhani kwaSirayeli, kwaza kwafa amadoda angamashumi asixhenxe amawaka.
15. UThixo wathumela isithunywa sakhe ukuze sitshabalalise iJerusalem, kodwa ke sithe sisawenza loo msebenzi, uNdikhoyo wathi akuyibona loo ntlekele suka wazijika iimbono zakhe, wasinqanda ukuze singabatshabalalisi abantu, wathi: “Kwanele, sirhoxise isandla sakho!” Oku kwenzeke xa kanye isithunywa eso sasimi ngasesandeni sokubhula sika-Aravena umJebhusi.