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: