Asa o ne a ena le lebotho la bahlabani ba dikete tse makgolo a mararo, ba tswang naheng ya Juda, ba neng ba hlometse ka dithebe le marumo, le ba dikete tse makgolo a robedi, ba tswang naheng ya Benjamine, ba neng ba hlometse ka dithebe le diqha. Bahlabani bana kaofela e ne e le bahale.
Jwale Eleesere, mora wa Dodawa, ya tswang Maresha, a porofetela Jehoshafate bobe bo tla mo hlahela, a re: “Kahobane o entse selekane le Akasiya, Morena o sentse mosebetsi wa hao.” Kahoo dikepe tsa hae tsa pshatleha, tsa sitwa ho ya Tarashishe.
O ile a tsamaya, a futuhela Bafilesita, a thua lerako la Gate, le lerako la Jabene, le lerako la Ashedode; a haha le metse Ashedode le hara Bafilesita.
Davida a phela diqhobosheaneng tse lehwatateng, le naheng e maralla e pela Sife. Saule a mo tsoma ka matsatsi wohle, empa Modimo ha a a ka a neelana ka Davida matsohong a hae.
Jwale Basife ba nyoloha, ba ya ho Saule ha a le Gibea, ba re: “Davida o ipatile naheng ena ya rona, diqhobosheaneng tse Horeshe, lerallaneng la Hakila, le ka borwa ho lehwatata.