24 Ngimbe imitfombo emaveni etive, nganatsa nemanti ayo khona lapho. Ngetitsendze tetinyawo tami ngomise yonkhe imifula yaseGibhithe.”
Ngako emaFilisti ase atigcibedzela ngemhlaba tonkhe ticobho letatimbiwe tisebenti ta-Abrahama asekhona; phela, Abrahama bekunguyise wa-Isaka.
Nakadvudvulekela edolobheni lelitsite, wonkhe um-Israyeli uyawuta netindophi kulelo dolobha bese silidvonsela phansi esihosheni, kuze kungatfolwa ngisho nelucetu lwalo.”
Bheni Hadadi watfumela lomunye umlayeto ku-Ahabi atsi: “Ngitakuta nemadvodza lenele kutsi ngitewubhubhisa lelidolobha lakho, lamadvodza atsatse leto timvutfu ngetandla tawo. Shangatsi bonkulunkulu bangangishaya ngife, nangehluleka kukufeza loko.”
“Sitsa satsi: ‘Ngitawubacosha ngize ngibakhandze. Ngitawutehlukanisela ngaloko lengikudle kubo, ngititike ngako; ngitawukhipha inkemba yami ngibabhubhise.’
Imisele yemanti iyawunuka luvundze, yebo, imifula yonkhe yaseGibhithe iyawubotja yome. Umhlanga nelikhwane kuyawubuna,
yatsi: “Lena akusiyo yini iBhabhulona lenkhulu lengiyakhile yaba sigodlo sekuhlala inkhosi, ngemandla ami lamakhulu ngayakhela ludvumo lwebukhosi bami?”