18 Ngalelo langa Gadi waya kuDavide, wafike watsi: “Khuphuka uyekwakhela Simakadze lilati lena ebaleni lekubhulela kolo laka-Arawuna, umJebhusi.”
Batsi nabefika ka-Athadi ebaleni lekubhulela emabele ngesheya kwe-Jordane, bakhala kabuhlungu. Josefa wenta imisimeto yekulila emalanga lasikhombisa.
Davide watsi asengakavuki nakuvuka ngakusasa ekuseni, livi laSimakadze labeselifikile kuGadi, umphrofethi, umboniswa waDavide, latsi:
Davide wakhuphuka, njengobe Simakadze abesamtjelile ngaGadi.
Solomoni wase uyacala-ke kwakha lithempeli laSimakadze eJerusalema, eNtsabeni yaseMoriya, lapho Simakadze atibonakalisa khona kuyise Davide. Kwakungusebaleni lekubhulela kolo laka-Arawuna, umJebhusi, indzawo leyayilungiswe nguDavide.
Ngiyawukhipha inyama leyingati emilonyeni yabo, ngivungule kudla lekutinengiso lebekunikelwe etithicweni lokusasele emkhatsini wematinyo abo. Labo labayawube basele sebayawuba baNkulunkulu wetfu babe baholi kaJuda, i-Ekroni iyawuba njengemaJebhusi.