Kukoma Mtima kwa Davide Kunabwezedwa ndi Manyazi

Davide akutumiza mawu otonthoza kwa mfumu yatsopano ya Aamoni, imene aphungu ake akuti nthumwizo ndi akazitape; zikuchititsidwa manyazi ndi kumetedwa theka. Chimene chinayamba ngati kukoma mtima chikusanduka nkhondo ya mbali ziwiri ndi magaleta olembedwa ganyu, ndipo chikutha Aramu akukana kuthandizanso Aamoni.

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Patapita nthawi, Nahasi mfumu ya Aamoni anamwalira, ndipo mwana wake analowa ufumu m'malo mwake. Davide anati, “Ndidzaonetsa kukoma mtima kwa Hanuni mwana wa Nahasi, popeza abambo ake anandionetsera kukoma mtima.” Choncho Davide anatuma amithenga kuti akamutonthoze pa za abambo ake. Koma pamene atumiki a Davide anafika m'dziko la Aamoni, kwa Hanuni, kukamutonthoza, atsogoleri a Amoni anati kwa Hanuni, “Kodi mukuganiza kuti Davide akulemekezadi abambo anu potumiza kwa inu anthu otonthoza? Kodi atumiki ake sanadze kwa inu kuti afufuze, agwetse, ndi kuzonda dziko?” Hanuni anagwira atumiki a Davide, nawameta, nadula zovala zawo pakati mpaka m'chiuno, nawatumiza kuti apite. Pamene anamuuza Davide za anthuwo, anatuma amithenga kukakomana nawo, popeza anthuwo anachititsidwa manyazi kwambiri. Mfumu inati, “Khalani ku Yeriko mpaka ndevu zanu zitakula, kenaka mubwerere.”

Pamene Aamoni anaona kuti adziyesa fungo loipa kwa Davide, Hanuni ndi Aamoni anatumiza matani pafupifupi makumi atatu mphambu asanu ndi atatu a siliva kuti alembe ngolo ndi okwera pa akavalo kuchokera ku Aramu-naharaimu, ku Aramu-maaka, ndi ku Zoba. Analemba ngolo 32,000, kuphatikiza mfumu ya Maaka ndi ankhondo ake, amene anadza namanga misasa moyang'anizana ndi Medeba. Aamoni anasonkhana kuchokera m'mizinda yawo nadza kudzamenya nkhondo. Pamene Davide anamva zimenezi, anatuma Yowabu ndi gulu lonse la ankhondo amphamvu. Aamoni anatuluka nadzilinganiza kunkhondo pa chipata cha mzinda, pamene mafumu amene anadza anaimirira pa okha kuthengo.

Yowabu anaona kuti nkhondo inakonzedwa kulimbana naye, kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo, choncho anasankha ankhondo osankhika a Isiraeli, nawalinganiza kulimbana ndi Aaramu. Ankhondo ena otsala anawapereka m'manja mwa Abisai m'bale wake, ndipo analinganizidwa kulimbana ndi Aamoni. Yowabu anati, “Ngati Aramu andiposa mphamvu, udzandipulumutse; ngati Amoni akuposa mphamvu iwe, ndidzakupulumutsa. Limba mtima; timenye nkhondo molimba mtima chifukwa cha anthu athu ndi mizinda ya Atate wathu, ndipo Atate wathu achite zabwino pamaso pake.”

Ndipo Yowabu ndi ankhondo amene anali naye anapita kukamenya nkhondo ndi Aaramu, ndipo iwo anathawa pamaso pake. Pamene Aamoni anaona kuti Aramu athawa, nawonso anathawa pamaso pa Abisai m'bale wake, nalowa mu mzinda. Pamenepo Yowabu anabwerera ku Yerusalemu.

Pamene Aaramu anaona kuti Isiraeli awagonjetsa, anatuma amithenga nabweretsa Aaramu ochokera kutsidya kwa Firate, ndi Sofaki mkulu wa ankhondo a Hadadezeri patsogolo pawo. Davide anawuzidwa; anasonkhanitsa Aisiraeli onse, nawoloka Yorodani, nadza kulimbana nawo, nadzilinganiza kunkhondo. Davide anadzilinganiza kunkhondo kulimbana ndi Aaramu, ndipo iwo anamenyana naye. Aaramu anathawa pamaso pa Isiraeli. Davide anapha okwera ngolo zawo 7,000 ndi asilikali oyenda pansi 40,000, kenaka anapha Sofaki mkulu wa ankhondo awo. Pamene atumiki a Hadadezeri anaona kuti Isiraeli awagonjetsa, anapangana mtendere ndi Davide, namutumikira. Aramu sanafunenso kuthandiza Aamoni.