7 Lesento futsi sasisibi ngisho nasemehlweni aNkulunkulu; ngako Nkulunkulu wawajezisa ema-Israyeli.
Kwatsi nase siphelile sikhatsi sekumzilela, Davide watsi akalandvwe aletfwe kakhe. Wabe sewumenta umfati wakhe, wamtalela indvodzana. Kodvwa lentfo leyayentiwe nguDavide yaba yimbi emehlweni aSimakadze.
Kodvwa nangabe utsi: ‘Angijabuli ngawe,’ sengikulungele loko; akente kimi loko lakubona kumlungele.”
Kwaba nendlala lenkhulu ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwaDavide, kwadzimate kwaphela iminyaka lemitsatfu ilandzelana. Ngako Davide wafunisisa buso baSimakadze ngaloko. Simakadze watsi: “Loku kungenca yaSawula nangendlu yakhe lebovu ingati, kungobe Sawula wabulala bantfu baseGibeyoni.”
Base bangcwaba lamatsambo aboSawula nemsa wakhe Jonathani edlizeni laKhishi, uyise waSawula, eSela, kulakaBhenjamini, benta konkhe labebakutjelwa yinkhosi Davide. Emvakwaloko-ke Nkulunkulu wawuphendvula umthandazo welive.
Lulaka lwaSimakadze lwasivutsela sive sema-Israyeli, wachukuluta Davide kutsi abavukele, watsi: “Hamba uyewubala bonkhe baka-Israyeli nebakaJuda.”
Kodvwa, emvakwekube Davide asalwentile lubalo, nembeza wakhe wacala kumehlulela, wakhuluma kuSimakadze watsi: “Ngonile kakhulu ngaloku lengikwentile. Manje! Awu! Simakadze! Ngiyakuncenga, susa licala lenceku yakho. Vele, ngente intfo lebulima kakhulu.”
Ngobe Davide abenta lokuhle emehlweni aSimakadze, wangete waphambuka kuyo yonkhe imiyalo yaSimakadze emphilweni yakhe yonkhe, ngaphandle kwendzaba ya-Uriya labengumHethi.
Ngako Simakadze watfumela sifo lesingujubajece esiveni sema-Israyeli; kwafa emadvodza lati-70 000 ka-Israyeli.
Kodvwa Jowabe abengakabafaki laba besive sakaLevi nesakaBhenjamini, ngobe abengavumelani nalesento senkhosi.
Davide wase utsi kuNkulunkulu: “Ngonile kakhulu ngekwenta lentfo lenje. Manje sengiyakuncenga, susa licala lenceku yakho. Vele, ngente intfo lebulima kakhulu.”
Kodvwa ema-Israyeli ona, atsatsa tintfo lokwakufanele tibhujiswe. Akhani, umsa waKhami, umsa waZabdi labenguZimri, umsa waZera, wesive sakaJuda, watsatsa letinye tato. Ngako lulaka lwaSimakadze lwasivutsela sive sema-Israyeli.
“Hamba uyewungcwelisa lesive, ubatjele utsi: ‘Tingcwelisiseni nine ngekwenu, nitilungiselele likusasa,’ ngobe nguloko Simakadze Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli lakushoko, utsi: ‘Loko lokufanele kubhujiswa kusemkhatsini wenu, sive sema-Israyeli. Ngeke nikhone kumelana netitsa tenu ningakakukhiphi.
labulala emadvodza langema-36 aka-Israyeli. Bawacosha ema-Israyeli bawesusa esangweni lelidolobha bayakuwangenisa eShebarimu, bawagwazela emaceleni etintsaba. Tinhlitiyo tesive sema-Israyeli natikubona loku, tashona phansi, taphelelwa ngemandla.