45 Bonkhe baphelelwa ngemandla, beta bachachatela baphuma emigedzeni yabo.
Davide wachubeka wahlasela nemaMowabi, wawehlula. Abebalalisa phansi emhlabatsini, bese ubulala babili njalo kulabatsatfu baletitfunjwa. Ngako emaMowabi ase aba ngaphansi kwakhe, aletsa imitselo yawo kuDavide.
Davide wase umisa tinkambu temabutfo eSiriya laseDamaseko. EmaSiriya ase aba bantfu bakhe atsela kuye Davide. Simakadze wapha Davide kuncoba nome ngukuphi lapho ahlasela khona.
Khulumani kuNkulunkulu nitsi: “Maye, imisebenti yakho mikhulu iyesabeka. Titsa takho titawuta kuwe tikhasa ngemadvolo, ngenca yemandla akho lamakhulu.
Bengiyawunipha kolo lomnandzi kakhulu, yebo, bengiyawunesutsisa ngeluju lwetinyosi temadvwala.”
Umhlaba uyoma ubune, live lonkhe liyahhohhobala libune, labaphakeme bemhlaba nabo bayahhohhobala.
Tiyawuhuma phansi elutfulini njengetinyoka; tiyawuphuma etinqabeni tato titfutfumela ngenca yekwesaba. Ngekwesaba tiyawugucukela kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wetfu.
Ubusisiwe wena, Israyeli! Ngubani lofanana nawe, sive lesisindziswe nguSimakadze? Nguye losihlangu sakho nemsiti wakho, nenkemba yakho yeludvumo. Titsa takho tiyawutiletsa kuwe, wena uyakutigcobagcoba tindzawo tato letiphakeme.”
Lilanga liphuma libalele libunise tjani, imbali yabo iyahhohloka, nebuhle bayo bunyamalale; kanjalo-ke nesicebi siyawunyamalala ekushiphanekeni kwaso.
Bamemeta tintsaba nemadvwala batsi: “Welani etikwetfu, nisifihle ebusweni balowo lohleti esihlalweni sebukhosi, naselulakeni lweliWundlu,