Davidi wangunena ndi Abishai ndi ku ŵateŵeti ŵake wose, “Awonani, mwana wa mumoyo mwangu ndiyo wapenja umoyo wangu; ipo uli ukongwako muBenjamini uyu! Murekeni, watuki; pakuti ndimo Ambuya amunene.
Viyo Asa wanguto siliva yose ndi golide vyo vingusiyika mu vyakusungamo usambasi wa nyumba ya Ambuya ndi usambasi wa karonga, wanguvipaska mu manja gha ŵaŵanda ŵake; karonga wanguvituma kwaku Benhadadi mwana waku Tabrimoni, mwana waku Hezioni, karonga waku Siriya, yo wajanga mu Damasko, wanguti,
Penipo ŵaAmoni ŵanguteska kuti ŵajitinkhiska kwaku Davidi, Hanuni ndi ŵaAmoni ŵangutuma ndrama za siliva chikwi chimoza (1,000) ku Mesopotamia, Aramayaka, ndi ku Zoba,
“ ‘Wenga undavwepo kuti ndinguchichita kale? Ndinguchighanaghana kutuwa ku mazuŵa gha mwaka cho sono ndifiska kuchichita, kuti muchite mizi ya malinga yibwangandulike kuŵa ndundu za mapopa,