8 Ema-Amoni ashuca aphumela ngephandle, atihlela ekungeneni kwelidolobha. Laba labanye, emaSiriya aseSobha newaseRehobu kanye nemadvodza aseThobu newaseMakha wona atihlela ngephandle esigangeni.
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.
Watsi kube akuve loko Davide, watfumela Jowabe, wamkhipha nalo lonkhe libutfo lemphi yetingwazi.
Jowabe wabona kutsi emabutfo etitsa atamhlasela ngembili nangemuva, wase ukhetsa bokadzebona betingwazi cobo lwato temabutfo ema-Israyeli, watimisa tabhekana nemaSiriya.
na-Elifeleti, umsa wa-Ahasbayi, waseMakha, na-Eliyamu, umsa wa-Ahithofeli, waseGilo,
Wabutsa emadvodza amsingatsa, waba ngumholi welicembu lemavukelambuso. Ngesikhatsi Davide abhubhisa emabutfo aseSobha, lamavukelambuso ehlela eDamaseko, lapho efika ahlala khona aba baholi.
Bacasha tincola temphi letiti-32 000 nebagibeli bato, kanye nenkhosi yaseMakha nemasotja ayo leyeta yefike yemisa eceleni kweMedeba. Ema-Amoni wona abeshuca aphuma emadolobheni aviva, aya emphini.
Ema-Amoni ashuca aphumela ngephandle, atihlela ekungeneni kwelidolobha lawo, kantsi lamakhosi labetawubasita abesatihlela ngephandle esigangeni.
befika kaGedaliya eMispa, bo-Ishmayeli, umsa waNethaniya, naJohanani kanye naJonathani, emadvodzana aKhareya, naSeraya, umsa waThanhumethi, nemadvodzana a-Efayi waseNethofa, naJazaniya, indvodzana yemMakha, nemadvodza abo.
Benyuka, bafike balihlola lonkhe lelo live kusukela eHlane laseSini kuze kuyewufika eRehobu, edvute nemsaho, iHamathi.
Wawuhamba ucondze e-Abdoni, naseRehobu, naseHamoni, naseKhana, uze ufike eSidoni Lenkhulu.
Sive saka-Asheri naso asizange siwacoshe lawo maKhenani labehlala e-Akho, naseSidoni, nase-Ahilabi, nase-Akzibi, naseHelba, nase-Afeki kanye naseRehobu;
Ngako-ke Jeftha wabaleka ekhaya kubo, abalekela bomnakabo, wayawuhlala eveni lakaThobu, lapho efika kwabutsana tonkhe tihlophoyi kuye, tamsingatsa, tamlandzela, taphuma naye.
tibondza takaGileyadi tahamba tayawulandza Jeftha eveni lakaThobu,