5. Waba minyaka isixhenxe neenyanga ezintandathu ephethe kwaJuda, ehlala eHebron. Waphatha kwaSirayeli nakwaJuda ehlala eJerusalem iminyaka engamashumi mathathu anantathu.
6. Ke kaloku ukumkani uDavide wanduluka nomkhosi wakhe ukuya kuhlasela amaJebhusi awayemi eJerusalem. AmaJebhusi athi kuDavide: “Akunakuze ungene apha wena! Kwaiimfama neziqhwala ezi zingakujika!” Kaloku ayesithi: “UDavide akangeke abe nako ukutyhoboza.”
7. Kambe ke uDavide wasuka wayithimba inqaba iZiyon, isixeko sikaDavide.
8. Wavakala esithi uDavide ngaloo mini: “Ukuba kukho umntu ozimisele ukuwoyisa la maJebhusi aziintshaba zam makanyuke ngalaa msele wamanzi ungaphantsi komhlaba, aye kubulala eziya ‘ziqhwala neemfama’!” (Savela apho isaci esithi: “Iimfama neziqhwala azinakungena endlwini kaNdikhoyo.”)
9. Waya kuhlala apho ke kuloo nqaba uDavide, waza wayibiza ngokuba sisixeko sikaDavide. Wakha isixeko sayijikeleza, esiza nganeno ukusukela kungqameko.
10. Waya esomelela ngokomelela, kuba kaloku uNdikhoyo uThixo onamandla onke wayenaye.
11. Ukumkani uHiram waseTire wathumela izigidimi kuDavide, ziphethe izibonda zomsedare, zihamba nabachweli kunye neengcibi zamatye, zaza zamakhela ibhotwe uDavide.
12. Ke uDavide waqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo umzinzisile wangukumkani kwaSirayeli, eqonda nokuba uNdikhoyo ulawulo lwakhe uluphakamisile ngenxa yabantu bakhe amaSirayeli.
13. Ukufika kwakhe eJerusalem, evela eHebron, uDavide waphinda wathatha abanye abafazi namaqadi, waza ke wazala abanye oonyana neentombi.
14. Nanga amagama abantwana bakhe abazalelwe eJerusalem: nguShamuwa, uShobhabhi, uNatan, uSolomon,
15. uIbhare, uElishuwa, noNifege, noYafiya,
16. uElishama, noEliyada, kunye noElifelete.
17. Zakuvakala kumaFilistiya iindaba zokuba uDavide uthanjiswe waba ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli, akhupha umkhosi wawo, emfuna. Uthe akuyiva loo nto uDavide wemka waya kuhlala kwindawo eyinqaba.
18. Afika ke amaFilistiya, ema kwintili yamaRafa,
19. waza uDavide wabuzisa *kuNdikhoyo wathi: “Kufuneka ndiwahlasele na amaFilistiya? Ngaba uza kuwanikela esandleni sam na?”UNdikhoyo wathi kuDavide: “Ewe, wahlasele; inene, ndowanikela esandleni sakho amaFilistiya.”