13 Ngako wangabe asalitsatsa kutsi ahambe nalo aye eJerusalema, Lidolobha laDavide. Esikhundleni saloko, walikhweshisa walibeka endlini ya-Obedi Edomu, waseGathi.
ngobe sive saseBherothi sabaleka saya kuyakwakha eGithayimu; seloku sahlala khona lapho njengebafokatana kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Davide waphindze wabutsela ndzawonye emadvodza elikhetselo aka-Israyeli, labeti-30 000 asawonkhe.
Ngalelo langa Davide wesaba Nkulunkulu, wate wabuta watsi: “Pho, ngingaliletsa kanjani libhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu lapha kami?”
kwatsi emvakwabo kwalandzela bomnakabo: boZakhariya, naJaziyeli, naShemiramothi, naJehiyeli, na-Uni, na-Eliyabe, naBhenaya, naMaseya, naMathithiya, na-Elifelehu, naMikneya, na-Obedi Edomu kanye naJeyiyeli, bomahlalesangweni.
Ngako Davide, nebaholi bema-Israyeli, netindvuna tetinkhulungwane bahamba bayawutsatsa libhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze endlini ya-Obedi Edomu ngekujabula.
Asafa abengumholi wabo lomkhulu, wesibili kunguZakhariya, bese kuba boJeyiyeli, naShemiramothi, naJehiyeli, naMathithiya, na-Eliyabe, naBhenaya, na-Obedi Edomu kanye naJeyiyeli. Bekufanele badlale emalire nemahabhu, bese kutsi Asafa adlale emasimbali.
Na-Obedi Edomu abenemadvodzana: Shemaya abelitubulo, wesibili kunguJehozabadi, wesitsatfu kunguJowa, wesine kunguSakhari, wesihlanu kunguNethaneli,
Tonkhe leti bekutitukulwane ta-Obedi Edomu; bona nemadvodzana abo kanye netihlobo tabo babengemadvodza labenelikhono nemandla ekwenteni umsebenti, batukulu ba-Obedi Edomu babengema-62 sebabonkhe.