UBawo Wethu Umnika uDavide Uloyiso Lonke

Isishwankathelo soloyiso—amaFilisti, uMowabhi, uTsobha, uAram, uEdom—neminikelo esingenayo nobhedu oluqokelelwayo lwetempile uDavide angayi kuyakha. Umgca obaluleke kabini: uBawo wethu wamnika uloyiso naphi na apho waya khona, waza walawula ngobulungisa.

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Emveni koko, uDavide wawaxabela amaFilisti, waweyisa, wathabatha iGati nemizana yayo esandleni samaFilisti. Wawaxabela namaMowabhi, aza amaMowabhi aba ngabakhonzi bakaDavide, azisa iminikelo.

UDavide wamxabela uHadadezere ukumkani waseTsobha, wesa eHamati, ekuyeni kuyandisa amandla akhe emlanjeni ongumEfrati. UDavide wathimba kuye iwaka leenqwelo zokulwa, asixhenxe amawaka abamahashe, namashumi amabini amawaka amadoda angumqikela. Onke amahashe eenqwelo zokulwa wawanqumla imisipha, washiya kuphela amahashe alingene iinqwelo ezilikhulu. Akufika ama-Aram aseDamasko eza kumnceda uHadadezere ukumkani waseTsobha, uDavide wawabulala ama-Aram, afa amawaka angamashumi amabini anamabini amadoda. UDavide wamisa iikampu kwa-Aram eDamasko; aza ama-Aram aba ngabakhonzi bakhe, esondeza iminikelo. Waza uBawo wethu wamsindisa uDavide ezindaweni zonke awahamba kuzo. UDavide wawathabatha amakhaka egolide awayephethwe ngabathetheli bakaHadadezere, wawazisa eYerusalem. NaseTibhati naseKun, imizi kaHadadezere, uDavide wathabatha ubhedu oluninzi kunene; wathi ngalo uSolomon wenza ulwandle lobhedu, neentsika, nempahla yobhedu.

Wava uTohu ukumkani waseHamati, okokuba uDavide uwoyisile wonke umkhosi kaHadadezere, ukumkani waseTsobha, wathuma unyana wakhe uHadoram kukumkani uDavide, ukuze ambulise, aze amsikelele kuba ebelwe wamoyisa uHadadezere; kaloku uHadadezere wayesilwa noTohu amaxesha amaninzi. UHadoram weza neempahla zegolide, nesilivere, nezobhedu zonke iintlobo. Ukumkani uDavide wazingcwalisela kuBawo wethu ezo, kunye nesilivere negolide abeyithabathile ezintlangeni zonke: kwaEdom, nakwaMowabhi, nakoonyana baka-Amon, nakumaFilisti, nakuma-Amaleki.

UAbhishayi unyana kaTseruya wabulala ishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka amaEdom eSihlanjeni seTyuwa. UDavide wamisa ikampu kwelamaEdom; onke amaEdom aba ngabakhonzi bakhe, waza uBawo wethu wamsindisa ezindaweni zonke awahamba kuzo.

UDavide Ulawula Ngokusesikweni Nangobulungisa

Ngoko ke uDavide walawula onke amaSirayeli, esenzela bonke abantu bakhe ubulungisa nokusesikweni. UYowabhi unyana kaTseruya wayephethe umkhosi; uYehoshafati unyana ka-Ahiludi wayengumkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu; Ababingeleli yayinguTsadoki unyana ka-Ahitubhi noAhimeleki unyana ka-Abhiyatare; uShavesha wayengumbhali; UBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada wayephethe abancinithi nezigidimi; oonyana bakaDavide baye bengabathetheli abakhulu ecaleni lokumkani. ^a