10 Penipo Yoabu wanguwona kuti nkhondo yingumikana ndi iyo kunthazi ndi kuvuli, wangusankhamo ŵanyake ŵa ŵanthu ŵakusankhika ŵa ŵaYisraele, ndi wanguŵandandiska umampha kumikani ndi ŵaSiriya;
Ndipo ŵanyake ŵangutuwa mu msumba kurwana ndi iwo; viyo ŵenga mukati mu ŵaYisraele, ŵaYisraele ŵanyake kuchiri kunu, ŵanyake kuchiri kuwa; ŵanguŵabaya, mpaka penipo ŵengavi kujapo nanga njumoza wamoyo pamwenga wakuthaŵa.
ŴaAmoni ŵangutuwa ndi ŵangujalika umampha nkhondo panthazi pa likomo la msumba, ndipo ŵakaronga wo ŵanguza ŵanguŵa pakuŵija ku dondo.
ŵanyake ŵa ŵanthu ŵake wo ŵangujapo wanguŵaŵika pasi paku Abishai mbali wake, ndi wangujilongoso kurwana ndi ŵaAmoni.