AmaSirayeli onke amanyana ukuthambisa uDavide abe ngukumkani

Onke amaSirayeli eza eHebron amthambise uDavide njengoko uBawo wethu wayetshilo ngoSamuweli, waza wathabatha inqaba yamaYebhusi, wayenza umzi wakhe. Inxalenye enkulu yesahluko ibeka amagorha akhe ngamagama—kuquka amathathu agqabhuka kwiintshaba efuna amanzi awala ukuwasela.

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Aza onke amaSirayeli ahlangana kuDavide eHebron, esithi: “Yabona, silithambo lakho nenyama yakho. Kwangaphambili, ngethuba uSawule wayengukumkani, nguwe owawuwakhokela amaSirayeli ekuphumeni nasekubuyeni. UBawo wakho wathi kuwe: ‘Uya kubalusa abantu bam amaSirayeli; uya kuba ngumlawuli phezu kwabantu bam amaSirayeli.’”

Afika onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli kukumkani eHebron, waza uDavide wenza umnqophiso nawo eHebron phambi koBawo wethu. Bamthambisa ke uDavide ukuba abe ngukumkani phezu kwamaSirayeli, njengelizwi likaBawo wethu awalithethayo ngoSamuweli.

UDavide uthimba iZiyon: Umzi kaDavide

Waya uDavide namaSirayeli onke eYerusalem (yiYebhusi ke leyo), apho kwakuhleli khona amaYebhusi, abemi balapho. Bathi abemi baseYebhusi kuDavide: “Akuyi kungena apha.” Kodwa uDavide wayithabatha inqaba yaseZiyon, engumzi kaDavide. Wathi uDavide: “Lowo oxabela amaYebhusi kuqala uya kuba yintloko nomthetheli.” Wenyuka kuqala uYowabhi unyana kaTseruya, waba yintloko. Wahlala ke uDavide emboniselweni; kungoko kwathiwa ngumzi kaDavide. Wawakha umzi ngeenxa zonke, wathabathela eMilo wesa eludongeni olujikelezayo, uYowabhi yena walungisa intsalela yomzi. ^a Waya esiba namandla ngokungakumbi uDavide, kuba uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini waba naye.

Amagorha awema noDavide

Zizo ezi iintloko zamagorha kaDavide, ezamxhasa ngamandla ebukumkanini bakhe, kunye namaSirayeli onke, ukuze bamenze ukumkani, ngokwelizwi likaBawo wethu ngamaSirayeli. Nalu uluhlu lwamagorha kaDavide: uYashobheham, umHakemoni, intloko yabathathu; waphakamisa intshuntshe yakhe, wabulala amadoda angamakhulu amathathu ngaxeshanye. Emva kwakhe nguElazare, unyana kaDodo umAhowa, omnye wamagorha amathathu. WayenoDavide ePas-damim, xa amaFilisti ayehlanganisene khona esiya kulwa, kwisiqwenga somhlaba sizele yirhasi; basaba abantu ebusweni bamaFilisti, kodwa bema esazulwini sesiqwenga, basihlutha, bawabulala amaFilisti; waza uBawo wethu wabasindisa ngosindiso olukhulu.

Behla abathathu kwiintloko ezingamashumi amathathu, baya kuDavide eliweni, emqolombeni waseAdulam, lo gama iqela lamaFilisti lalimise entilini yamaRafa. Ngelo xesha uDavide wayesemboniselweni, ikampu yamaFilisti yona iseBhetelehem. UDavide wawanxanelwa amanzi, wathi: “Akwaba ubekho ongandithabathela amanzi okusela equleni laseBhetelehem, elo lingasesangweni!”

Baza abathathu bayidabula ikampu yamaFilisti, bakha amanzi equleni laseBhetelehem elingasesangweni, bawazisa kuDavide. Kodwa akavuma ukuwasela—wawaphalazela kuBawo wethu. Wathi: “Makube lee kum, Bawo wam! Ndingalisela na igazi lamadoda abeke ubomi bawo esichengeni? Kaloku awazise bebeke ubomi bawo esichengeni.” Wala ke ukuwasela. Yiyo leyo imisebenzi yala magorha mathathu.

UAbhishayi, umninawa kaYowabhi, wayeyintloko yamashumi amathathu. Waphakamisa intshuntshe yakhe, wawabulala amadoda angamakhulu amathathu, waza waba negama phakathi kwabathathu. Wayebekeke kakhulu phakathi kwamashumi amathathu, waza waba ngumphathi wawo; noko ke akabalelwanga kwabathathu.

UBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, indoda enobukroti yaseKabhetseli, owenza izenzo ezininzi: wabulala iingwanyalala ezimbini zakwaMowabhi; wehla waya equleni, wabulala ingonyama mini ngekhephu. Wabulala kananjalo umYiputa, indoda enkulu, ebude bumalunga neenyawo ezisixhenxe ezinesiqingatha, eyayinentshuntshe enjengomthi wabaluki. UBhenaya wamhlasela ngentonga, wayihlutha intshuntshe esandleni somYiputa, wambulala ngentshuntshe yakhe. ^b Yiyo leyo imisebenzi kaBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada; waba negama phakathi kwamagorha amathathu. Wayezukile ngaphezu kwamashumi amathathu, kodwa akafikanga kwabathathu. UDavide wammisa ukuba aphathe abalindi bakhe.

Amagorha ayengala: uAsaheli, umninawa kaYowabhi; uElihanan, unyana kaDodo waseBhetelehem; uShamoti umHarari; uHeletse umPeloni; uIra, unyana kaIkeshe, waseTekowa; uAbhiyezere waseAnatoti; uSibhekayi umHusha; uIlayi umAhowa; uMaharayi waseNetofa; uHelede, unyana kaBhahana, waseNetofa; uItayi, unyana kaRibhayi, waseGibheha yoonyana bakaBhenjamin; uBhenaya wasePiraton; uHurayi wasezihlanjeni zaseGahashe; uAbhiyeli waseArabha; uAzemavete waseBhahurim; uEliyabha waseShahalebhon; oonyana bakaHashem umGizon; uYonatan, unyana kaShage, umHarari; uAhiyam, unyana kaSakare, umHarari; uElifali, unyana ka-Uri; uHefere umMekerati; uAhiya umPeloni; uHetsero waseKarmele; uNaharayi, unyana kaEzebhayi; uYoweli, umninawa kaNatan; uMibhari, unyana kaHagri; uTseleke umAmon; uNaharayi waseBheroti, umphathi weentonga zikaYowabhi unyana kaTseruya; uIra umItri; uGarebhe umItri; ngu-Uriya umHeti; nguZabhadi, unyana ka-Ahlayi; nguAdina, unyana kaShiza umRubhen, inkulu yamaRubhen, enamashumi amathathu enaye; nguHanan, unyana kaMahaka; nguYoshafati umMitni; nguUziya waseAshtaroti; nguShama noYehiyeli, oonyana bakaHotam waseArohere; nguYediyeli, unyana kaShimri; noYoha umninawa wakhe umTitsi; nguEliyeli umMahavi; nguYeribhayi noYoshaviya, oonyana bakaElenaham; nguItma umMowabhi; nguEliyeli, noObhede, noYahasiyeli umMetsobha.