9 Jowabe wabona kutsi emabutfo etitsa atamhlasela ngembili nangemuva, wase ukhetsa bokadzebona betingwazi cobo lwato temabutfo ema-Israyeli, watimisa tabhekana nemaSiriya.
Kwatsi lawa lasele emabutfo wawabeka esandleni semnakabo, Abishayi, lowawahlela nawo abhekana nema-Amoni.
Ema-Amoni ashuca aphumela ngephandle, atihlela ekungeneni kwelidolobha. Laba labanye, emaSiriya aseSobha newaseRehobu kanye nemadvodza aseThobu newaseMakha wona atihlela ngephandle esigangeni.
Wase uyawakhipha ngeticheme letintsatfu, sinye saphuma naJowabe, lesinye saphuma na-Abishayi, umnakaboJowabe, sekugcina wasikhipha na-Ithayi, umGathi. Inkhosi Davide yakhuluma kulamabutfo, yatsi: “Nami cobo lwami ngitawushuca kanye nani.”
BakaJuda bagucuka babona kutsi bese bahlaselwa ngembili nangemuva. Base bakhala kuSimakadze. Baphristi bashaya emacilongo abo,