UDavide wafika kulabo bantu abangamakhulu amabili ababezukekile , bengenakumlandela uDavide , ababebahlalisile ngasemfudlaneni iBesori ; baphuma ukumhlangabeza uDavide nokuhlangabeza abantu ababenaye ; uDavide esesondela kubantu wababingelela.

Ngasekugcineni kweminyaka ethile wehlela ku -Ahabi eSamariya . U-Ahabi wamhlabela yena nabantu ababenaye izimvu nezinkabi eziningi , wamncenga ukuba akhuphukele eRamoti Gileyadi.

UDavide wenyuka ngommango weNtaba Yeminqumo , enyuka ekhala , egubuzele ikhanda , engenazicathulo; bonke abantu ababenaye bagubuzela , kwabayilowo nalowo ikhanda lakhe, benyuka, benyuka bekhala.

USisera wayesebutha zonke izinqola zakhe , izinqola ezingamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye zensimbi, nabantu bonke ababenaye, kusukela eHarosheti labezizwe kuze kube semfudlaneni iKishoni.

UJerubali onguGideyoni nabantu bonke ababenaye bavuka ekuseni , bamisa ngasemthonjeni waseHarodi; ikamu lakwaMidiyani lalingasenyakatho kwabo ngasegqumeni laseMore esigodini.

U-Abimeleki nabo bonke abantu ababenaye basuka ebusuku , baqamekela iShekemi ngezigaba ezine.

UGali indodana ka -Ebedi waphuma , wema esikhaleni sesango lomuzi ; u- Abimeleki wayeseqhamuka nabantu ababenaye ekuqamekeleni.

U-Abimeleki wenyukela entabeni yaseSalimoni, yena nabantu bonke ababenaye; u-Abimeleki wathatha izembe ngesandla , wagawula igatsha emithini, walithatha, walibeka ehlombe , wathi kubantu ababenaye : Lokho eningibone ngikwenza, sheshani nikwenze njengami.

Labo kubaFarisi ababenaye bezwa lokho , bathi kuye : Pho, nathi siyizimpumputhe na?

UJakobe wayeseshaywa luvalo kakhulu , ekhathazeka; wahlukanisa abantu ababenaye, nezimvu, nezinkomo, namakamela, kwaba ngamaqembu amabili,