24 UDavide wamduduza uBati Sheba umkakhe, wangena kuye, walala naye; wazala indodana, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uSolomoni. UJehova wamthanda.
25 Wathuma ngesandla sikaNathani umprofethi, wambiza ngokuthi uJedidiya* ngenxa kaJehova.
26 UJowabe walwa neRaba labantwana bakwa-Amoni, wathatha umuzi wenkosi.
27 UJowabe wathuma izithunywa kuDavide, wathi: “Ngilwe neRaba, yebo, ngathatha uMuzi Wamanzi.
28 Ngalokho butha abantu abaseleyo, umise ngakuwo umuzi, uwuthathe, funa mina ngiwuthathe umuzi, ubizwe ngegama lami.”
29 UDavide wayesebutha bonke abantu, waya eRaba, walwa nalo, walithatha.
30 Wathatha umqhele wenkosi yabo ekhanda layo; isisindo sawo sasiyitalenta* legolide, itshe eliyigugu likuwo; wabekwa ekhanda likaDavide; wakhipha emzini impango eningi kakhulu.