17 Ichi chinguti chavwika kwaku Davidi, wanguwunganiska pamoza ŵaYisraele wose, ŵangwambuka Yordane, ŵanguza ku Helama. Ndipo ŵaSiriya ŵangujijarika kumikana ndi Davidi, ndipo ŵangurwa nayo.
Ndipo Hadadezere wangutuma, kwachito ŵaSiriya wo ŵenga kusirgha ku Efrate; ŵanguza ku Helama, pamoza ndi Shobaka nduna ya nkhondo yaku Hadadezere paurongo pawo.
ŴaSiriya ŵanguthaŵa pa maso pa ŵaYisraele; ndipo Davidi wangubaya ŵaSiriya ŵapa magareta machumi pe chumi ghankhonde ndi ghaŵi (700), ŵapa kavalo vikwi machumi ghanayi (40,000) wangumlasa Shobaka nduna yankhondo yawo, mwakuti wangufwiya penipa.
Ndipo penipo Davidi wanguziŵiskika ndi ichi wanguwunganiska ŵaYisraele wose pamoza, ndi wangwambuka msinji wa Yordane, ndi wanguza kwaku iwo, ndi wangujarika umampha nkhondo kurwana nawo. Penipo Davidi wangundandiska ŵankhondo ŵake umampha kuthyana ndi ŵaSiriya, ŵangurwana nayo.