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12 ¹Awa ndi anthu amene anadza kwa Davide ku Zikilagi pamene adakanizidwabe kuonekera pamaso pa Sauli mwana wa Kishi—ankhondo amphamvu amene anamthandiza pa nkhondo. ²Anali ndi mauta, okhoza kuponya miyala kapena kuponya mivi ndi dzanja lamanja kapena lamanzere—Abenjamini, abale a Sauli. ³Ahiezeri mtsogoleri, kenaka Yowasi, ana a Semaa wa ku Gibeya; Yezieli ndi Peleti, ana a Azimaveti; Beraka; Yehu wa ku Anatoti; ⁴Isimaya wa ku Gibeoni, nkhondo wamphamvu pakati pa makumi atatu, mtsogoleri wa makumi atatu; Yeremiya, Yahazieli, Yohanani, Yozabadi wa ku Gedera; ⁵Eluzai, Yerimoti, Bealiya, Semariya, ndi Sefatiya Mharufi; ⁶Elikana, Isiya, Azareli, Yoezeri, ndi Yasobeamu, Akora; ⁷ndi Yoela ndi Zebadiya, ana a Yerohamu wa ku Gedori.

⁸Agadi ena anathawira kwa Davide ku linga la m'chipululu—ankhondo amphamvu ophunzitsidwa nkhondo, odziwa kugwiritsa ntchito chishango ndi mkondo, nkhope zawo ngati za mikango, othamanga ngati mphoyo pa mapiri. ⁹Ezeri anali mtsogoleri, Obadiya wachiwiri, Eliabu wachitatu, ¹⁰Misimana wachinayi, Yeremiya wachisanu, ¹¹Atai wachisanu ndi chimodzi, Elieli wachisanu ndi chiwiri, ¹²Yohanani wachisanu ndi chitatu, Elizabadi wachisanu ndi chinayi, ¹³Yeremiya wa khumi, Makibanai wa khumi ndi mmodzi. ¹⁴Agadi amenewa anali atsogoleri a nkhondo; wamng'ono kwambiri analingana ndi anthu 100, ndipo wamkulu kwambiri 1,000. ¹⁵Awa ndi anthu amene anawoloka Yorodani m'mwezi woyamba, pamene unasefukira magombe ake onse, nathamangitsa aliyense m'zigwa, kummawa ndi kumadzulo.

¹⁶Anthu ena a fuko la Benjamini ndi Yuda anadzanso kwa Davide ku linga. ¹⁷Davide anatuluka kukakumana nawo, nati kwa iwo, “Ngati mwadza kwa ine mwamtendere kudzandithandiza, mtima wanga udzagwirizana nanu; koma ngati mwadza kudzandipereka kwa adani anga, ngakhale manja anga alibe chiwawa, Mulungu wa makolo athu azione ndi kukuweruzani.” ¹⁸Ndipo Mzimu wa Atate wathu unabwera pa Amasai, mtsogoleri wa makumi atatu, nati, “Ndife anu, Davide! Tili nanu, mwana wa Yese! Mtendere, mtendere ukhale ndi inu, mtendere ukhale ndi othandizira anu, pakuti Atate wanu akukuthandizani.” Davide anawalandira, nawasandutsa atsogoleri a gulu lake lankhondo.

¹⁹Anthu ena a fuko la Manase anathawira kwa Davide pamene anapita ndi Afilisti kukamenyana ndi Sauli. Koma Davide ndi anthu ake sanathandize Afilisti—atakambirana, olamulira a Afilisti anamuuza Davide kuti achoke, nati, “Adzathawira kwa mbuye wake Sauli, pottitayitsa mitu yathu.” ²⁰Pamene ankapita ku Zikilagi, anthu a fuko la Manase amene anathawira kwa iye anali awa: Adina, Yozabadi, Yediaeli, Mikayeli, Yozabadi, Elihu, Ziletai—atsogoleri a magulu a 1,000 a Manase. ²¹Iwo anathandiza Davide kumenyana ndi olusa, pakuti onse anali ankhondo amphamvu, nasanduka atsogoleri a gulu lake lankhondo. ²²Tsiku ndi tsiku anthu amabwera kudzathandiza Davide, mpaka anali ndi gulu lankhondo lalikulu ngati gulu lankhondo la Atate wathu.

²³Awa ndi machulukidwe a anthu odzitengera zida za nkhondo amene anadza kwa Davide ku Heburoni kudzamupatsa ufumu wa Sauli, monga momwe Atate wathu ananenera, ²⁴a fuko la Yuda, onyamula chishango ndi mkondo—6,800 odzitengera zida za nkhondo; ²⁵a fuko la Simeoni, ankhondo amphamvu okonzekera nkhondo—7,100; ²⁶a fuko la Levi—4,600, ²⁷pamodzi ndi Yehoyada, mtsogoleri wa banja la Aroni, ndi anthu 3,700 pamodzi ndi iye, ²⁸ndi Zadoki, mnyamata wankhondo wolimba mtima, pamodzi ndi akuluakulu 22 a banja lake. ²⁹A fuko la Benjamini, abale a Sauli—3,000; ambiri a iwo anali adakalondabe nyumba ya Sauli, ³⁰a fuko la Efereimu—20,800, ankhondo amphamvu, anthu otchuka m'mabanja awo; ³¹a theka la fuko la Manase—18,000, osankhidwa mayina awo kuti adze kudzayika Davide kukhala mfumu; ³²a fuko la Isakara: atsogoleri 200 amene anazindikira nthawi, nadziwa chimene Israeli ayenera kuchita, pamodzi ndi abale awo onse pansi pa ulamuliro wawo. ³³A fuko la Zebuloni: asilikali 50,000 odziwa nkhondo, okonzekera nkhondo ndi zida zonse, okonzeka kuthandiza Davide ndi mtima wawo wonse, ³⁴a fuko la Nafitali—akuluakulu 1,000, ndi pamodzi ndi iwo anthu 37,000 onyamula chishango ndi mkondo; ³⁵a fuko la Dani—anthu 28,600 okonzekera nkhondo; ³⁶a fuko la Aseri—asilikali 40,000 odziwa nkhondo okonzekera nkhondo; ³⁷a kummawa kwa Yorodani—Rubeni, Gadi, theka la fuko la Manase—120,000, odzitengera zida zonse za nkhondo.

³⁸Onsewa anali ankhondo okonzeka nkhondo amene anadza ku Heburoni ndi mtima wawo wonse kudzayika Davide kukhala mfumu ya Israeli yense; Aisraeli ena otsala nawonso anali a mtima umodzi woyika Davide kukhala mfumu. ³⁹Anakhala kumeneko masiku atatu pamodzi ndi Davide, akudya ndi kumwa; pakuti abale awo anawakonzera chakudya. ⁴⁰Anansi awo, mpaka kwa Isakara, Zebuloni, ndi Nafitali, anabweretsa chakudya pa abulu, ngamira, nyulu, ndi ng'ombe—ufa, makeke a nkhuyu, makeke a mphesa zouma, vinyo, mafuta, ng'ombe, ndi nkhosa zochuluka, pakuti kunali chimwemwe mu Israeli.