10 Ngako wangabe asavuma kulitsatsa ahambe nalo aye eJerusalema, Lidolobha laDavide. Wabe sewuyaphambuka, walimikisa ekhaya ka-Obedi Edomu, waseGathi.
Inkhosi yakhuluma ku-Ithayi, umGathi, yatsi: “Uhambelani natsi? Ncandzeka uyewuhlala nenkhosi yakho Absalomu, ungewetive lowatfunjwa eveni lakini.
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.”
ngobe sive saseBherothi sabaleka saya kuyakwakha eGithayimu; seloku sahlala khona lapho njengebafokatana kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Noko, Davide wayitfumba inqaba yaseSiyoni, lidolobha laDavide.
Davide watsi kube ayitfumbe lenqaba, wabe sewuhlala kuyo, wayetsa libito watsi Lidolobha laDavide. Wakha lidolobha ndzawo tonkhe kuyitungeleta, kusukela kulendzawo leyayigcwalisiwe ngasemphumalanga neligcuma.
kwatsi emvakwabo kwalandzela bomnakabo: boZakhariya, naJaziyeli, naShemiramothi, naJehiyeli, na-Uni, na-Eliyabe, naBhenaya, naMaseya, naMathithiya, na-Elifelehu, naMikneya, na-Obedi Edomu kanye naJeyiyeli, bomahlalesangweni.
BoShebaniya, naJosafati, naNethaneli, na-Amasayi, naZakhariya, naBhenaya kanye na-Eliyezeri bona bekubaphristi lekwakufanele bashaye emacilongo embikwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu. Bo-Obedi Edomu naJehiya nabo bakhetselwa kutsi babe bomahlalesangweni belibhokisi lesivumelwane.
Asafa abengumholi wabo lomkhulu, wesibili kunguZakhariya, bese kuba boJeyiyeli, naShemiramothi, naJehiyeli, naMathithiya, na-Eliyabe, naBhenaya, na-Obedi Edomu kanye naJeyiyeli. Bekufanele badlale emalire nemahabhu, bese kutsi Asafa adlale emasimbali.
neJehudi, neBhene Bheraki, neGathi Rimoni,