UBaba Wethu Unika UDavide Konke Ukunqoba
Isifinyezo sokunqoba — amaFilisti, uMowabi, iSoba, i-Aramu, i-Edomi — nentela engena njalo nethusi eliqoqelwa ithempeli uDavide angayikulakha. Umugqa obalulekile, oshiwo kabili: uBaba wethu wamnika ukunqoba nomaphi lapho ayeya khona, futhi wabusa ngokulunga.
18 1Emva kwalokho, uDavide wawanqoba amaFilisti wawehlula, wathatha iGati nemizi yayo esandleni samaFilisti. 2Wanqoba futhi iMowabi, amaMowabi aba yizikhonzi zikaDavide, amlethela intela.
3UDavide wamnqoba uHadadezeri inkosi yaseZoba, kwaze kwaba seHamati, lapho ayeyokwandisa amandla akhe kuze kube semfuleni i-Ewufrathe. 4UDavide wathumba kuye izinqola zempi eziyinkulungwane, abagibeli bamahhashi abayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, namabutho ahamba ngezinyawo angamashumi amabili ezinkulungwane. Wanquma imisipha wawo onke amahhashi ezinqola, kodwa washiya amahhashi anele izinqola eziyikhulu. 5Kwathi ama-Aramu aseDamaseku efika ukusiza uHadadezeri inkosi yaseZoba, uDavide wabulala ama-Aramu angamashumi amabili nambili ezinkulungwane. 6UDavide wabeka amabutho e-Aramu-Damaseku; ama-Aramu aba yizinceku zakhe, ekhokha intela. UBaba wethu wamnika uDavide ukunqoba nomaphi lapho aya khona. 7UDavide wathatha izihlangu zegolide ezaziphethwe yizikhulu zikaHadadezeri, waziletha eJerusalema. 8EThibhati naseKhuni, imizi kaHadadezeri, uDavide wathatha ithusi eliningi kakhulu; ngalo uSolomoni wenza uLwandle lwethusi, izinsika, nezitsha zethusi.
9Kwathi uThowu inkosi yaseHamati esezwile ukuthi uDavide uwunqobile wonke umbutho kaHadadezeri inkosi yaseZoba, 10wathuma indodana yakhe uHadoramu enkosini uDavide ukuba imbingelele imbusise ngokulwa nangokunqoba uHadadezeri, owayevame ukulwa noThowu. UHadoramu waletha izinto zalo lonke uhlobo zegolide, zesiliva, nezethusi. 11Inkosi uDavide wazinikela lezi kuBaba wethu, kanye nesiliva negolide ayekuthathe kuzo zonke izizwe: i-Edomi, iMowabi, ama-Amoni, amaFilisti, ne-Amaleki.
12U-Abhishayi indodana kaZeruya wabulala ama-Edomi ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili eSigodini seSawoti. 13UDavide wabeka amabutho e-Edomi; onke ama-Edomi aba yizikhonzi zakhe, uBaba wethu wamnika ukunqoba nomaphi lapho aya khona.
UDavide Ubusa Ngobulungiswa Nangokulunga
14Ngakho uDavide wabusa u-Israyeli wonke, enza ubulungiswa nokulunga kubo bonke abantu bakhe. 15UJowabu indodana kaZeruya wayephethe umbutho; uJehoshafati indodana ka-Ahiludi wayengumlobi womlando; 16UZadoki indodana ka-Ahithubi no-Ahimeleki indodana ka-Abhiyathari babengabapristi; uShavisha wayengunobhala; 17UBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayehola amaKhereti namaPheleti; amadodana kaDavide ayeyizikhulu eziphezulu eceleni kwenkosi. a a v17 AmaKhereti namaPheleti ayengamabutho akhethekile abaqaphi besikhosini sikaDavide, cishe ayengamasosha ezizwe aqeqeshiwe.
