1 Ke kaloku ekuhambeni kwexesha uDavide wawahlasela amaFilistiya, wawoyisa, wabuhlutha ubukhosi esandleni sawo.
2 Ngokunjalo wawoyisa namaMowabhi. Uwalalise phantsi emhlabeni, wathatha intambo, wawalinganisa ngayo, isibini sobude bawo wasibulala, ke sona esesithathu sisonke wasiyeka saphila. AmaMowabhi aba phantsi kukaDavide ke, amnika imirhumo.
3 Kananjalo uDavide walwa nokumkani waseZobha uHadadizere unyana kaRehobhi, xa kanye wayezama ukubuyisela ulawulo lwakhe kummandla womlambo iEfrati.
4 UDavide wathimba iwaka leenqwelo zakhe, kunye namawaka asixhenxe abakhweli-mahashe, ngokunjalo namashumi amabini amawaka amajoni ahamba ngeenyawo. Amahashe ke wawanqumla imisipha, washiya amahashe eenqwelo alikhulu.
5 Athe ke ama-Aram aseDamasko akuzama ukuncedisa uHadadizere ukumkani waseZobha, wasuka uDavide wabulala amashumi amabini anambini amawaka awo.
6 Wasuka ke wabeka amabutho akhe kuwo wonke umbuso wama-Aram aseDamasko, ahlala ephantsi kwakhe, akhupha imirhumo kuye. UDavide wanikwa uloyiso nguNdikhoyo konke apho ahamba khona.
7 UDavide wawahlutha amakhaka egolide awayengawamaphakathi kaHadadizere, waya nawo eJerusalem.
8 Kwiidolophu zikaHadadizere iTebha neBherotayi ukumkani uDavide wathimba intaphane yobhedu.
9 Zaya kutsho naseHamati kukumkani uToyi iindaba zokoyiswa komkhosi kaHadadizere nguDavide.
10 Wandulula unyana wakhe uYoram ukuba ase imibuliso yakhe kukumkani uDavide, avuyisane naye ngokoyisa kwakhe uHadadizere owalwa kaninzi-ninzi nokumkani uToyi. UYoram waphathela uDavide izipho ezenziwe ngegolide nangesiliva nangobhedu.
11 Ezo zipho uDavide wazinikezela kuNdikhoyo, kwanjengoko wenjenjalo nangesiliva negolide awayeyithimbe kwizizwe zonke azoyisileyo:
12 ama-Aram, amaMowabhi, ama-Amon, amaFilistiya, kunye nama-Amaleki. Wanikezela nangamaxhoba awawathimba kukumkani waseZobha uHadadizere unyana kaRehobhi.
13 UDavide wazenzela igama ukubuya kwakhe emva kokubulala ishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka amaEdom kwiNtlambo yeTyiwa.
14 Wamisa amabutho akhe kulo lonke elase-Edom, aza amaEdom aba phantsi koDavide. UNdikhoyo wamnika uloyiso uDavide konke apho ahamba khona.
15 Ke kaloku uDavide walawula uSirayeli ewonke jikelele, ebaphethe kakuhle nangobulungisa bonke abantu bakhe.
16 UJowabhi, unyana kaZeruya, wayeyinjengele yomkhosi, uYoshafati, unyana ka-Ahilude, engumthathi-manqaku.
17 Ke yena uZadoki, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, noAhimeleki, unyana ka-Abhiyatare, babengababingeleli, uSeraya yena engunobhala.
18 UBhenaya, unyana kaJoyada, wayongamele abalindi abangamaKreti namaPleti. Ke bona oonyana bakaDavide bengabacebisi bakakumkani.