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,