9 Kodwana amaKhehathi akhange awanikele ilitho ngombana wona gade anomsebenzi wepahla yendawo ecwengileko ebe kufuze ayithwale ngamahlombe.
Kwathi lokha abathwele umfaji kaSomnini sebathethe amagadango asithandathu, wanikela ngekunzi nangekonyana elinonisiweko.
Bakhweza umfaji kaZimu phezu kwekoloyana etja, bawukhupha endlini ka-Abinadaba ebigade iphezu kwentatjana. U-Uza no-Arhiyo abantwanabomntwana ka-Abinadaba batjhayela ikoloyana etja leyo
Kuthe nabafika eselelweni seNakhoni, u-Uza welula isandla wabamba umfaji kaZimu ngombana ikoloyana yakhahlumezeka lokha iinkomo nazifika edwalenapho.
Kwathi bona kufike boke abaphathi bakwa-Israyeli, abaphristi bathatha umfaji,
Ngombana akhange niwuthwale bona niwulethe kwekuthomeni, yeke uSomnini uZimethu usibhokele ngobukhali. Iye, akhange sibuze kuye bona singenza njani njengombana kujanyisiwe.”
UDavida wahlanganisa woke ama-Israyeli eJerusalema ngombana bekafuna ukuletha umfaji kaZimu eJerusalema lapha gade asele awulungisele khona.
yeke amaLevi nawo akusafuneki ahlale athwele ithaberinakeli nanyana enye into esetjenziselwa ukulotjha uSomnini.”
Imisebenzi yamaKhehathi beyiphathelene nokutjheja umfaji wesivumelwano, itafula, ilithi leembani, ama-aldari, izitja zendawo ecwengileko ezisetjenziswa baphristi kanye nesiyaya sendawo ecwenge khulu. Koke okuphathelene nalokho bekumsebenzawo.