3 Wahamba nawo amadoda akhe uDavide, aya kuhlala neentsapho zawo kummandla waseHebron.
4 Afika ke amadoda akwaJuda, eze kumthambisa uDavide apho eHebron ukuba abe ngukumkani wakwaJuda.Zithe zakufika kuDavide iindaba zokuba abantu baseJabheshe eGiliyadi bamngcwabile uSawule,
5 wathumela izigidimi kubo, wathi: “Wanga uNdikhoyo anganithamsanqela ngesenzo esihle sokubonakalisa intembeko ngokungcwaba inkosi yenu uSawule.
6 Ubenga uNdikhoyo anganiphatha ngobubele nangokunyaniseka. Nam ke ndiza kuniphatha kakuhle ngenxa yale nto niyenzileyo.
7 Ze niqine, ningoyiki ngenxa yokuba inkosi yenu uSawule ingasekho. Abantu bakwaJuda bandithambisile ndaba ngukumkani wabo.”
8 Umphathi wemikhosi kaSawule uAbhinere, unyana kaNere, wabaleka nonyana kaSawule uIshbhoshete, waya naye eMahanayim ngaphesheya kweJordan.
9 Wafika apho uAbhinere wamisela uIshbhoshete waba ngukumkani ophethe imimandla yaseGiliyadi, kwa-Ashere, eYizereli, kwaEfrayim, nakwaBhenjamin, nditsho elakwaSirayeli liphela.