Mu zuŵa leniliya Ambuya anguchita phanganu ndi Abramu lakuti, “Ku mphapu yako ndipaska charu ichi, kwamba pa msinji wa Egipiti kufika ku msinji ukuru zina lake Efrate,
Ndipo Hadadezere wangutuma, kwachito ŵaSiriya wo ŵenga kusirgha ku Efrate; ŵanguza ku Helama, pamoza ndi Shobaka nduna ya nkhondo yaku Hadadezere paurongo pawo.
Solomoni wanguwusa pa maufumu ghose kwamba ku Efrate kwachifika ku charu cha ku ŵaFilisti ndi ku mphaka ya Egipiti, ŵanguza ndi mithulu, ŵangutataliya Solomoni mazuŵa ghose gha umoyo wake.
Ndipo ndikamikanga mphaka zinu kwamba ku Nyanja Yiyera kuya ku Nyanja ya ŵaFilisti, kwamba ku bozwa kuya ku Efrate pakuti ndikaperekanga ŵakuja mu charu cho mu janja linu, ndipo imwe mukaŵadikiskanga paurongo pinu.
Malo ghose ghenigho phazi la lundi linu lamukanda ghakaŵanga ghinu. Charu chinu chikaŵanga kutuwa ku bozwa la Lebanoni ndi kutuwa ku msinji, msinji Efrate, kwachifika ku nyanja yaku maselelo gha dazi.
Kweni wanguti wato ukaronga mu Yisraele, wangurwana ndi ŵarwani ŵake wose uku ndi uku, ŵa Amoni, ŵaEdomo, ŵaKaronga ŵaku Zoba, ndi ŵaFilisti, ko kose wangung'anamukiya wanguŵasuzga.