72 Wabelusa ngebucotfo benhlitiyo, wabahola ngenhlakanipho nangebungcweti besandla sakhe.
Davide wawabusa onkhe ema-Israyeli, enta loko lokulungile kubo bonkhe bantfu bakhe.
Ngobe Davide abenta lokuhle emehlweni aSimakadze, wangete waphambuka kuyo yonkhe imiyalo yaSimakadze emphilweni yakhe yonkhe, ngaphandle kwendzaba ya-Uriya labengumHethi.
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi nasiva lesigwebo lesikhishwe yinkhosi, sacalela phansi kuyihlonipha inkhosi, ngobe sabona kahle kutsi inekuhlakanipha kwaNkulunkulu kwekuhola nekwehlulela ngekulunga.
“Wena-ke nangabe ungahamba ngebucotfo benhlitiyo nangekucondza embikwami, ulingise uyihlo Davide, wente konkhe lengikuyala ngako, ugcine timiso nemitsetfo yami,
Wena ukhuluma utsi: “Nakufika sikhatsi lesimisiwe sekwehlulelwa, mine ngiyakwehlulela ngebucotfo.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, phrofetha umelane nebelusi baka-Israyeli; phrofetha ukhulume kubo, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Nako kubelusi baka-Israyeli labatinakekela bona kuphela! Belusi akukafaneli yini kutsi banakekele umhlambi?
Nkulunkulu asamkhiphile wabeka Davide, waba yinkhosi yabo. Nkulunkulu wafakaza kahle ngaye nakatsi: ‘Ngitfole kutsi Davide, indvodzana yaJese, ungumuntfu wenhlitiyo yami, umuntfu lotakwenta konkhe lengifuna kutsi akwente.’
“Phela Davide wenta intsandvo yaNkulunkulu ngesikhatsi sekuphila kwakhe; wase uyafa, wembelwa eceleni kwabokhokho bakhe, wabola;
Khutsalela kutiveta wemukelekile kuNkulunkulu, ube sisebenti lesetsembekile kuye lesite emahloni nalesiliphakela kahle livi leliciniso.
Nangabe emkhatsini wenu kukhona loswele kuhlakanipha, akacele kuNkulunkulu lonika bonkhe bantfu ngekwephana lokungenakufehla, utawuphiwa.