24 Ndipo Davide anasangalatsa Bateseba mkazi wace, nalowa kwa iye, nagona naye; ndipo anabala mwana wamwamuna, namucha dzina lace Solomo. Ndipo Yehova anamkonda iye,
25 natumiza ndi dzanja la Natani mneneriyo, namucha dzina lace Wokondedwa ndi Yehova, cifukwa ca Yehova.
26 Ndipo Yoabu anathira nkhondo pa Raba wa ana a Amoni, nalanda mudzi wacifumu.
27 Yoabu natumiza mithenga kwa Davide nati, Ndaponyana ndi Raba, inde ndalanda mudzi wa pamadzi.
28 Cifukwa cace tsono musonkhanitseanthu otsalawo, nimumangire mudziwo zithando, muulande; kuti ine ndingalande mudziwo, ndipo ungachedwe ndi dzina langa.
29 Ndipo Davide anasonkhanitsa anthu onse, napita ku Raba, naponyana nao, naulanda.
30 Nacotsa korona pa mutu wa mfumu yao; kulemera kwace kunali talente wa golidi; ndipo m'menemo munali miyala ya mtengo wapatali; ndipo anamuika pa mutu wa Davide. Iye naturutsa zofunkha za mudziwo zambirimbiri.