Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Iabeza i mua o ko nā hoahānau ona; a kapa ihola kona makuahine iā ia ʻo Iabeza, me ka ʻī ʻana, “No ka mea, hoʻohānau ihola au iā ia me ka ʻeha.”
ʻo nā mamo a nā kāhuna: ʻo nā mamo a Habaia, ʻo nā mamo a Koza, ʻo nā mamo a Barezilai, nāna i lawe i wahine no nā kaikamāhine a Barezilai, no Gileada, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o ko lākou inoa.
A ma laila aku hoʻāla hou aʻela ʻo Meremota ke keiki a ʻUria ke keiki a Koza, i ka paukū e pili pū ana mai ka puka aku o ka hale o ʻEliasiba a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka hale o ʻEliasiba.