23 Uwu ndiwo unandi waviŵaru vyakulongosoleke nkhondo wo ŵanguza wo ŵanguza kwaku Davidi ku Hebroni kuwezge ufumu waku Sauli paku iyo, kwakulingana ndi mazu gha Ambuya.
Yaŵa ndiwo ŵaraŵara ŵanthu ŵanthazi ŵaku Davidi, ŵeniwo ŵangumovya mu ufumu wake, kumumika nge ndi karonga, pamoza ndi ŵaYisraele wose, kwakulingana ndi mazu gha Ambuya paku Yisraele.
Ambuya anguti kwaku Samuele, “Mpaka zuŵanji ukachitiyanga chitima Sauli, pakuti Ine ndamukana kuti waŵe karonga pa ŵaYisraele? Zaza supa yako ndi mafuta. Ndipo ruta; ndikutumenge kwaku Jese waku Betelehemu, pakuti ndajiwone ndamwene karonga mukati mu ŵana ŵake.”
Ukadani Jese kuti waze ku sembe, sono ndi kurongonge mo ukachitiyanga, ndipo wukandipakiyanga yo Ine ndamkukuzumbuliya.”
“Ndamika karonga wangu pa Zioni, phiri langu lakupaturika.”
kuti wangufumba urongozgi ku Ambuya cha. Chifukwa cho Ambuya angumubaya, ndipo angung'anamuliya ufumu kwaku Davidi mwana waku Jese.
Iku sono rongoni pakwero; pakuti Ambuya akupangana ndi Davidi, kuti ndi janja la mteŵeti wangu Davidi nditaskenge khamu langu Yisraele mu janja la ŵaFilisti, ndi ku janja la ŵarwani ŵawo wose.”
ŴaYuda wo ŵangupinga nguru ndi mkondo ŵenga vikwi vinkhonde pachanya machumi pe chumi ghankhonde ndi ghatatu (5,800) ŵakunozgeka nkhondo.
Ndipo Yakobe wangutuma mathenga ku urongo kwake kuya kwaku Esau muku wake mu charu cha Seiri, charu cha Edimu,