1 Apho eGiligali kwakukho itshijolo elithile lomfo ogama linguShebha, unyana kaBhikri wesizwe sakwaBhenjamin. Wasuka wabetha isigodlo sakhe, wamemelela esithi: “Asinasahlulo kuDavide, singenalifa kunyana kaJese. Elowo makaye endlwini yakhe, maSirayeli!”
2 Ke onke amadoda akwaSirayeli amshiya uDavide, alandela uShebha unyana kaBhikri, kodwa wona amaJuda asala noDavide, amlandela ukusuka eJordan ada aya kutsho naye eJerusalem.
3 Wathi uDavide akufika komkhulu eJerusalem, wawathatha lawo maqadi akhe alishumi ayesele ejonge ikomkhulu, wathi makajongwe ngabalindi. Wayebondla, kodwa akabuyanga ahlangane nabo, bahlala ubomi bobuhlolokazi bonke ubomi babo.
4 UDavide wathi kuAmasa: “Wabize amadoda akwaJuda eze apha zingadlulanga iintsuku ezintathu.”
5 Wahamba uAmasa, esiya kubiza amaJuda, kodwa akabuya ngosuku awayemiselwe lona ngukumkani.
6 Uvakele esithi ukumkani kuAbhishayi: “Phofu uyaqonda na ukuba uShebha unyana kaBhikri uza kusenzela ingxwaba-ngxwaba nangaphezu koAbhasalom. Hamba nala madoda omkhosi wam, nimlandele engekayi kwiidolophu ezinqatyisiweyo, asithele emehlweni ethu.”
7 Asuka ke amadoda ebutho likaJowabhi, nabalindi abangamaKreti namaPleti, nawo onke amagorha, anduluka eJerusalem, alanda ekhondweni likaShebha unyana kaBhikri.