3 Ngetulu kwaloko Davide wahlasela, wehlula Hadadezeri, inkhosi yaseSobha, waze wayakufika eHamathi, ngaleso sikhatsi Hadadezeri abecondze kubusa lonkhe lelo live langasemfuleni iYufrathe.
Ngalo lelo langa Simakadze wenta sivumelwane na-Abrama, watsi: “Lelive ngilinika situkulwane sakho, kusukela emfuleni waseGibhithe kuze kufike emfuleni lomkhulu iYufrathe,
Ema-Amoni atsi kube abone kutsi asatente aba liphunga lelibi kuDavide, ase acasha emasotja emaSiriya lati-20 000, ashuca ngetinyawo esuka eBhethi Rehobu, naseSobha; nasenkhosini yaseMakha kwaphuma emadvodza layinkhulungwane, naseThobu kwaphuma emadvodza lati-12 000.
Ngetulu kwaloko Davide wahlasela naHadadezeri, umsa waRehobi, inkhosi yaseSobha, ngesikhatsi Hadadezeri asayawutsatsa kubusa kwakhe ngasemfuleni iYufrathe.
Davide wachubeka wahlasela nemaMowabi, wawehlula. Ngako emaMowabi ase aba ngaphansi kwakhe, aletsa imitselo yawo kuDavide.
Davide watfumba inkhulungwane yetincola takhe temphi, nebashayeli betincola temphi labati-7 000, nemasotja lahamba ngetinyawo lati-20 000. Onkhe emahhashi wawageca imisipha, washiya emahhashi etincola letatilikhulu.
Solomoni wase uyahamba waya eHamathi Soba, wayihlasela, wayitfumba.
IJerusalema beyinemakhosi lanemandla kakhulu, abusa lonkhe leli lelingaseNshonalanga Yufrathe, imitselo, netetfulo kanye nentsela bekukhishwa kuwo.
Awu, Nkulunkulu, usiyekelele wasilahla, wenta netivikelo tetfu tabhidlitwa, kwaya njengobe usitfukutselele. Buya utesilulamisa.
Utamatamise umhlaba, wawudzabula timfa; tivale letimfa tawo ngobe uyaceka.
Iminyele yenu ngitayibeka isuke eLwandle Lolubovu kuye eLwandle lwemaFilisti, kuye ehlane, kuze kufike emfuleni. Takhamiti talelive ngiyawutinikela esandleni senu, niyawubacitsa nibakhiphele ngephandle.
Watsi kube Sawula abekwe kuba yinkhosi yema-Israyeli, walwa nato tonkhe titsa takhe letatimtungeletile: emaMowabi, nema-Amoni, nema-Edomu, nemakhosi aseSobha kanye nemaFilisti. Abetsi lapho ajikele ngakhona, ente umonakalo.