5 Atsi ayeta emaSiriya aseDamaseko, atsi atekwelekelela Hadadezeri, inkhosi yaseSobha, Davide wabulala aba ti-22 000 kuwo.
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.
Ngetulu kwaloko Davide wahlasela naHadadezeri, umsa waRehobi, inkhosi yaseSobha, ngesikhatsi Hadadezeri asayawutsatsa kubusa kwakhe ngasemfuleni iYufrathe.
Nkulunkulu akajiki angatfukutsela, ngisho nemabutfo akaRahabi akhotsama etinyaweni takhe.
Kodvwa baseGibhithe bantfu nje, abasiye Nkulunkulu, nemahhashi abo ayinyama nje, akasiwo umoya. Simakadze utsi nakaphakamisa sandla sakhe, kutsi lowo lositako akhubatele, nalowo lositwako yena awe, babhubhe bonkhe kanyekanye.
Ngobe inhloko yaseSiriya yiDamaseko, nenhloko yeDamaseko nguResini kuphela. Kusengakapheli iminyaka lengema-65, baka-Efrayimu bayawube sebahlakateke kakhulu, sebangasesiso sive.