1 Ke kaloku ngonyaka weshumi elinesibhozo wolawulo lukaJerobhowam unyana kaNebhati, uAbhiya waba ngukumkani wakwaJuda,
2 waza ke walawula eJerusalem iminyaka emithathu. Unina yayinguMahaka intombi ka-Abhasalom.
3 Naye wathatha ikhondo likayise, wenza kwaezo zono wayezenzile. Zange ayinikezele ngokupheleleyo intliziyo yakhe *kuNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe njengokuba yena uDavide uyise-mkhulu wenjenjalo.
4 Kambe ke ngenxa kaDavide, uNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe wambekela ihlumelo eJerusalem ngokumvelisela unyana wokuthatha indawo yakhe, kananjalo nangokuyizinzisa iJerusalem.
5 Kaloku uDavide yena wayenyanisekile ekuthobeleni uNdikhoyo, engagqwidizi ekwenzeni imithetho kaNdikhoyo ngayo yonke imihla yobomi bakhe, ngaphandle nje kwalaa mbandela kaUriya umHiti.