1 Kwathi emva kwalokho uNahashi inkosi yabantwana bakwa-Amoni wafa, indodana yakhe yaba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.
2 UDavide wathi: “Ngiyakumenzela umusa uHanuni, indodana kaNahashi, ngokuba uyise wangenzela umusa.” UDavide wayesethuma izithunywa ukumduduza ngoyise. Zafika-ke izinceku zikaDavide ezweni labantwana bakwa-Amoni kuHanuni ukumduduza.
3 Kepha izikhulu zabantwana bakwa-Amoni zathi kuHanuni: “Imbala ngokubona kwakho uthume abaduduzi kuwe ukuba atuse uyihlo na? Azifikanga yini izinceku zakhe kuwe ukuba ziphenye umuzi, ziwuchithe, ziwuhlole, na?”
4 UHanuni wayesebamba izinceku zikaDavide, waziphucula, wahina izingubo zazo phakathi, kwaze kwaba sezinqeni zazo, wazimukisa.
5 Bahamba, bamtshela uDavide ngalawo madoda. Wathuma ukuwahlangabeza, ngokuba ayenamahloni kakhulu lawo madoda. Yathi inkosi: “Hlalani eJeriko, zize zihlume izilevu zenu, bese nibuya.”
6 Abantwana bakwa-Amoni sebebone ukuthi bazenzile ukuba banengeke kuDavide, uHanuni nabantwana bakwa-Amoni bathuma amatalenta* ayinkulungwane esiliva ukuziqashela izinqola nabamahhashi e-Aramu Naharayimi, nase-Aramu Mahakha, naseSoba.