UHiramu inkosi yaseTire wathuma izinceku zakhe kuSolomoni; ngoba wezwa ukuthi bamgcobile abe yinkosi endlini kayise, ngoba uHiramu wayethanda uDavida njalo.
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UHiramu inkosi yaseTire wathuma izinceku zakhe kuSolomoni; ngoba wezwa ukuthi bamgcobile abe yinkosi endlini kayise, ngoba uHiramu wayethanda uDavida njalo.
Wathi: “Ungabashayi; Uyafuna ukubabulala labo obathumbile ngenkemba yakho nangomnsalo wakho? ubeke isinkwa namanzi phambi kwabo, ukuze badle, baphuze, baye enkosini yabo.
Kepha izakhamuzi zakhe zazimzonda, zathuma amanxusa emva kwakhe, zithi: “Asithandi ukuba lo abuse phezu kwethu.
Uma ingafuni ukwenza ukuthula nawe, kodwa ilwa nawe, khona-ke kumelwe uyivimbezele.
Futhi abawaxoshanga amaKhanani ayakhe eGezeri; kepha amaKhanani ahlala phakathi kwabakwa-Efrayimi kuze kube namuhla, akhonza ngokuthela.
UJoshuwa wabenza abagawuli bezinkuni nemithombo yamanzi ngalolo suku, bebandla nase-altare likaJehova, kuze kube namuhla endaweni abengayikhetha.
Bathi kuJoshuwa: “Siyizinceku zakho.” UJoshuwa wathi kubo: “Ningobani na? kanti ungowaphi?
Base bethi kuye: “Izinceku zakho zivela ezweni elikude kakhulu ngenxa yegama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ngokuba sizwile umbiko wakhe nakho konke akwenzayo eGibithe,
Kwathi lapho u-Israyeli esenamandla, wakhokhisa amaKhanani, awazange awaxoshe ngokuphelele.