16 ngokuba uJowabe naye wonke u-Israyeli bahlala khona izinyanga eziyisithupha, waze waqeda bonke abesilisa kwa-Edomi
17 uHadadi wabaleka, yena nabakwa-Edomi abathile bezinceku zikayise benaye, ukuya eGibithe, uHadadi esengumntwana omncane.
18 Basuka kwaMidiyani, beza ePharanu; bathatha amadoda ePharanu, baya nawo eGibithe kuFaro inkosi yaseGibithe; yena wamnika indlu, wamnqumela ukudla, wamnika nezwe.
19 UHadadi wafumana umusa omkhulu emehlweni kaFaro, waze wamnika umlamu wakhe abe ngumkakhe, udadewabo wenkosikazi uThahipenesi.
20 Udadewabo kaThahipenesi wamzalela uGenubati, indodana yakhe, uThahipenesi amlumula endlini kaFaro; uGenubati wayesendlini kaFaro phakathi kwamadodana kaFaro.
21 UHadadi esezwile eGibithe ukuthi uDavide ulele koyise nokuthi uJowabe induna yempi ufile, uHadadi wathi kuFaro: “Ngivumele ukuba ngihambe ngiye ezweni lakithi.”
22 UFaro wathi kuye: “Uswele ntoni lapha kimi ukuba ufune ukuya ezweni lakini na?”Wathi: “Lutho, kepha mangivunyelwe impela ukuba ngihambe.”