1UHiramu inkosi yaseTire wathuma izithunywa kuDavide, nemisedari, nabakhi nababazi, ukumakhela indlu.
2UDavida wasebona ukuthi uJehova wayemmisile ukuthi abe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, ngoba umbuso wakhe waphakanyiswa ngenxa yabantu bakhe uIsrayeli.
3UDavida wasethatha abanye abafazi eJerusalema, uDavida wazala amanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
4Lawa angamagama abantwana bakhe ayenabo eJerusalema; uSamuwa noShobabi, uNathani noSolomoni,
5no-Ibhari, no-Elishuwa, no-Elipaleti,
6noNoga, noNefegi, noJafiya,
7no-Elishama noBeliyada no-Elifeleti.
8Lapho amaFilisti ezwa ukuthi uDavide ugcotshiwe ukuba abe yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke, onke amaFilisti enyuka ukumfuna uDavide. UDavide wezwa, waphuma ukulwa nabo.
9AmaFilisti afika, abahlakazela esigodini samaRefa.
10UDavida wasebuza kuNkulunkulu wathi: Ngenyukele yini kumaFilisti? Uyakuwanikela esandleni sami na? UJehova wayesethi kuye: “Sukuma; ngokuba ngiyakuwanikela esandleni sakho.
11Base benyukela eBali Pherazimi; uDavide wawabulala khona. UDavide wayesethi: “UNkulunkulu wadabula isandla sami ezitheni zami njengokufohla kwamanzi; ngalokho babiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iBali Pherazimi.
12Ashiya onkulunkulu bawo lapho, uDavide wayala, ashiswa ngomlilo.
13AmaFilisti aphinda ahlakazeka esigodini.
14Ngakho uDavida waphinda wabuza kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wathi kuye: Ungabalandeli; suka kubo, ubahlangabeze ezihlahleni zamabhamubhamu.
15Uma uzwa umsindo wokuhamba eziqongweni zezihlahla zamabhakabhaka, khona-ke kumelwe uphume ukulwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu uphumile phambi kwakho ukuze anqobe impi yamaFilisti.
16UDavide wenza njengalokho uJehova emyalile, bachitha impi yamaFilisti kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kube seGezeri.
17Indaba kaDavide yaphumela emazweni onke; uJehova wabeka ukumesaba kwakhe phezu kwezizwe zonke.
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