16 nehanzvadzi dzavo dzaiya Zeruia naAbhigairi. Vakororo vaZeruia: Abhishai, Joabhi naAsaheri, vaiya vatatu.
Zvino Joabhi mukororo waZeruia wakaona kuti mwoyo wamambo waidisisa Abhusaromu.
Zvino Abhusaromu wakaemesa Amasa kuita nduna yehondo pandau paJoabhi. Amasa waiya mukororo womunhu zina rake ndiJetha muIshumaeri, uwo wakaroora Abhigari mwanasikana waNahashi waiya hazvadzi kunaZeruia, mai aJoabhi.
Asi Dhavhidha wakati, “Ndinozoitenyi kwomuri, imwimwi vakororo vaZeruia, kuti ngeiri zuva muite magaa kwendiri? Kungaurawa here munhu nyamashi muIsuraeri? Ngokuti andizii here kuti ngezuva iri inini ndini mambo padera paIsuraeri?”
Joabhi mukororo waZeruia, nevaranda vaDhavhidha, vakabuda vakashongana navo padziya reGibheoni. Chikwata chimwe chakagara pashi parutii rumwe rwedziya, nechimweni chakagara parutii rumweni rwedziya.
Nyamashi inini andina simba, kunyazwi ndinyari mambo wakadzodzwa; ava vanhu vakororo vaZeruia vakakonza kwendiri. Mambo Mwari unozounzidzira kumuiti wezvakashata kudai ngomushando wake!”
Abhishai hama yaJoabhi, ndiye waiya mukuru pakati peava makumi matatu. Ngomukhondo wake wakarwa nemazana matatu (300) evanhu, akavauraya, zina rake rakaita mbiri pakati pevatatu.
Ozemu wechitanhatu naDhavhidha wechinomwe;
Abhigairi wakabereka Amasa: nababa vaAmasa ndiJetha muIshumaeri.
Zvino Dhavhidha wakati kunaAhimerekhi muHiti, nokuna Abhishai mukororo waZeruia mukoma waJoabi echiti, “Ndiani unozodzaka neni kukamba kunaSauri?” NaAbhishai wakati, “Ndinozodzaka newe.”