4 unjengokukhanya kwasekuseniekuphumeni kwelanga,isasa elingenamafu,lapho kuvela ekukhanyeni uhlazaemhlabathini emva kwemvula.’
5 “Ayinjalo indlu yami kuNkulunkuluna?Ngokuba wenzile nami isivumelwano esiphakade;sihleliwe ezintweni zonke, sigcinekile,ngokuba yonke insindiso yami nokwenama kwamiakayikukuhlumisa na?
6 Kepha onke amashinga ayakubanjengameva alahlwayo,ngokuba angephathwe ngesandla.
7 Kodwa umuntu owathintayowohlonyiswa ngensimbi nangothi lomkhonto,aze ashiswe nokushiswa ngomlilo kuleyo ndawo.”
8 Lawa angamagama amaqhawe kaDavide: UJoshebi Bashebeti waseTahekemoni, inhloko yabathathu; nguyena owaphakamisa umkhonto wakhe, walwa nabantu abangamakhulu ayisishiyagalombili abagwazwa ngasikhathi sinye.
9 Emva kwakhe kwakungu-Eleyazare indodana kaDodayi indodana yomAhohi, omunye wamaqhawe amathathu ayenoDavide mhla edelela amaFilisti ayebuthene lapho ukulwa, abantu bakwa-Israyeli sebehambile;
10 wasuka wabulala amaFilisti saze sakhathala isandla sakhe, isandla sakhe sanamathela enkembeni; uJehova wenza insindiso enkulu ngalolo suku; abantu babuya emva kwakhe ukuba baphange kuphela.