7 A ma laila aku hoʻāla hou aʻela ʻo Melatia no Gibeona, a me Iadona no Meronota, ʻo nā kānaka o Gibeona, a me Misepa, a hiki i ka noho aliʻi o ke kiaʻāina ma kēia ʻaoʻao o ka Muliwai.
Kiʻi akula ke aliʻi i ko Gibeona, ʻī akula iā lākou; (a ʻo ko Gibeona ʻaʻole lākou no nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, no ke koena lākou o ka poʻe ʻAmora; a ua hoʻohiki aku nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela iā lākou; a manaʻo ihola ʻo Saula e pepehi iā lākou no kona manaʻo ikaika i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela lāua ʻo Iuda).
Alakaʻi aʻela ʻo ʻAsa i kā Iuda a pau, halihali maila lākou i nā pōhaku o Rama, a me nā lāʻau o laila, i ka mea a Baʻasa i kūkulu ai; a kūkulu ihola ʻo ia me ia mau mea iā Geba a me Mizepa.
Eia ke ʻano o ua palapala lā a lākou i hoʻouna aku ai iā ia, iā ʻAretasaseta, ke aliʻi, “ʻO kāu poʻe kauā o nā kānaka ma kēia ʻaoʻao o ka Muliwai, a pēlā aku nō.
A ma laila aku hoʻāla hou aʻela ʻo ʻEzera ke keiki a Iesua, ka luna o Mizepa, i ka paukū e pili pū ana, mai ke alo aku o ka piʻi ʻana ma ka hale e waiho ai i nā mea kaua a i ka popoiwi o ka pā.