UBawo wethu uMnika uDavide Uloyiso

Isishwankathelo lweemfazwe zikaDavide—amaFilisti, uMowabhi olinganiswe ngomtya, uTsobha, ama-Aram, uEdom—nomgca omnye othethwa kabini: uBawo wethu wamnika uDavide uloyiso ezindaweni zonke awayesiya kuzo. Amaxhoba angcweliselwa, uDavide walawula ngobulungisa kubo bonke abantu bakhe, akhankanywa namagama abaphathi bakhe.

Isahluko 8.

Emveni koko, uDavide wawaxabela amaFilisti, wawathoba, wayithabatha iMetege-ama esandleni samaFilisti. Wawaxabela namaMowabhi. Wawalalisa phantsi emhlabeni, wawalinganisa ngomtya: zambini iilenge zokufa, yabe inye ilenge epheleleyo yokuphila. Ngako oko amaMowabhi aba ngabakhonzi bakaDavide, azisa irhafu.

UDavide wamxabela noHadadezere unyana kaRehobhi, ukumkani waseTsobha, xa wayesiya kubuyisela ulawulo lwakhe eMlanjeni woMfrati. UDavide wathimba kuye amawaka amanye anamakhulu asixhenxe abamahashe, namawaka angamashumi amabini amadoda ahamba ngeenyawo; wawanqumla imisipha onke amahashe eenqwelo, washiya alingene ikhulu leenqwelo zokulwa. Akufika ama-Aram aseDamasko eza kunceda uHadadezere ukumkani waseTsobha, uDavide wabulala ama-Aram angamashumi amabini anamawaka amabini. UDavide wamisa imikhosi yokulinda kuma-Aram aseDamasko, aza ama-Aram aba ngabakhonzi bakhe, ezisa irhafu. UBawo wethu wamnika uDavide uloyiso ezindaweni zonke awayesiya kuzo. UDavide wazithabatha iingweletshetshe zegolide ezaziphethwe ngabakhonzi bakaHadadezere, wazizisa eYerusalem. Wathabatha ke ukumkani uDavide ubhedu oluninzi kunene eBheta naseBherotayi, imizi eyayiyekaHadadezere.

Akuva uToyi ukumkani waseHamati ukuba uDavide uwuxabele wonke umkhosi kaHadadezere, wathuma unyana wakhe uYoram kukumkani uDavide ukuba ambulise aze ambonge ngokulwa nangokumxabela uHadadezere, owayeselusizi lwemfazwe noToyi. UYoram wazisa izinto zesilivere, nezegolide, nezobhedu. Ukumkani uDavide wazingcwalisela noBawo wethu nezi zinto, kunye nesilivere negolide awayekungcwalisile oko evela kuzo zonke iintlanga awazithobayo, kuma-Aram, kumaMowabhi, koonyana baka-Amon, kumaFilisti, naku-Amaleki, nakumaxhoba kaHadadezere, unyana kaRehobhi, ongukumkani waseTsobha.

UDavide wazenzela igama ekubuyeni kwakhe ekuxabeleni amaEdom alishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka entilini yeTyuwa. Wamisa imikhosi yokulinda kuwo wonke amaEdom—kuwo onke amaEdom wamisa imikhosi yokulinda—aza onke amaEdom aba ngabakhonzi bakaDavide. UBawo wethu wamnika uDavide uloyiso ezindaweni zonke awayesiya kuzo.

Abaphathi bakaDavide

Ngako oko uDavide walawula onke amaSirayeli, esenza okusesikweni nobulungisa ebantwini bakhe bonke. UYowabhi unyana kaTseruya wayephethe umkhosi; uYehoshafati unyana ka-Ahiludi wayengumkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu; uTsadoki, oyinyana ka-Ahitubhi, noAhimeleki, oyinyana ka-Abhiyatare, babengababingeleli; uSeraya wayengumbhali wasekomkhulu; uBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada wayephethe abancinithi nezigidimi; ke oonyana bakaDavide babengababingeleli. ^a