12 inkhosi yase-Egloni yaba yinye, inkhosi yaseGezeri yaba yinye,
Ngako Davide wenta loko Simakadze labemyale ngako kutsi akwente, emaFilisti wawabulala yonkhe indlela kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kufike eGezeri.
Nembala emadvodzana abo angena kulo alidla. EmaKhenani labehlala kulelive wawancoba embikwabo babuka. EmaKhenani wawanikela etandleni tabo, wawanikela kanye nemakhosi awo kanye netive takulelo live kutsi batibonele bona kutsi bangentani ngabo.
Ngako bawakhipha emgedzeni lamakhosi lasihlanu: inkhosi yaseJerusalema, neyaseHebroni, neyaseJamuthi, neyaseLakhishi kanye neyase-Egloni.
Ngako Adoni Sedeki, inkhosi yaseJerusalema, wancenga boHohamu, inkhosi yaseHebroni, naPhiramu, inkhosi yaseJamuthi, naJafiya, inkhosi yaseLakhishi, naDebiri, inkhosi yase-Egloni, watsi:
Horamu, inkhosi yaseGezeri, abekhuphuke nemphi yakhe naye atsi utewusita baseLakhishi, kodvwa Joshuwa wabehlula yena nemphi yakhe yonkhe; kwabate ngisho namunye lowaphunyula.
Joshuwa kanye nawo onkhe ema-Israyeli wesuka eLakhishi, wachubekela e-Egloni, wemisa macondzana nayo, wahlela emabutfo akhe wayihlasela.
inkhosi yaseJamuthi yaba yinye, inkhosi yaseLakhishi yaba yinye,
inkhosi yaseDebiri yaba yinye, inkhosi yaseGederi yaba yinye,
neLakhishi, neBhoskhathi, ne-Egloni,