Amaqhawe anamandla nanka : u-Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe , no- Elihanani indodana kaDodo waseBetlehema,

Eyesine ng enyanga yesine kwakungu -Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe noZebadiya indodana yakhe emva kwakhe ; esigabeni sakhe kwakukhona izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nane.

odadewabo: ngoSeruya no-Abigayili. Amadodana kaSeruya: ngo-Abishayi, noJowabe, no-Asaheli, emathathu.

zinamaLevi oShemaya , noNethaniya, noZebadiya, no-Asaheli, noShemiramoti, noJehonathani, no-Adoniya, noThobiya, noThobi Adoniya, amaLevi, beno-Elishama noJehoramu, abapristi.

OJehiyeli, no-Azaziya, noNahati, no-Asaheli, noJerimoti, noJozabadi, no- Eleyeli, noJisimakiya, noMahati, noBenaya babe ngababonisi phansi kwesandla sikaKhonaniya noShimeyi umfowabo ngesiyalezo sikaHezekiya inkosi no-Azariya umphathi wendlu kaNkulunkulu.

Phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu kwakukhona u -Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe, no-Elihanani indodana kaDodo waseBetlehema,

Amadodana amathathu kaSeruya ayelapho , oJowabe, no-Abishayi, no- Asaheli; u-Asaheli wayenezinyawo ezilula njengensephe.

U-Asaheli wamxosha u -Abineri; ekuhambeni kwakhe akachezukanga ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo ekumlandeleni u-Abineri.

U-Abineri wabheka emuva, wathi: Ungu-Asaheli na? Wathi: Yimi.

U-Abineri wayesethi kuye : Chezukela ngakwesokunene noma ngakwesokhohlo, ubambe enye yezinsizwa, uthathe izikhali zakhe. Kepha u- Asaheli akavumanga ukuchezuka ekumlandeleni.

U-Abineri wabuye wathi ku -Asaheli: Chezuka ekungilandeleni; yini ukuba ngikucekele phansi na ? Ngingaphakamisa kanjani ubuso bami ngakuJowabe umfowenu na?

Wala nokho ukuchezuka ; ngalokho u -Abineri wamgwaza esiswini ngesidunu somkhonto , waze waphuma emuva umkhont o; wawela khona , wafela khona lapho ; kwathi bonke abafika endaweni u -Asaheli awele kuy o wafa, bema.

UJowabe wabuya ekumxosheni u -Abineri; lapho esebuthile bonke abantu , kwasilala kuzo izinceku zi kaDavide abantu abayishumi nesishiyagalolunye no-Asaheli.

Bamthatha u -Asaheli, bammbela ethuneni likayise elaliseBethlehema . UJowabe nabantu bakhe bahamba ubusuku bonke, kwasa beseHebroni.

U-Abineri esebuyele eHebroni , uJowabe wamchezukisela phakathi kwesango ukuba akhulume naye bebodwa , wamgwaza lapho esiswini waze wafa ngenxa yegazi lika-Asaheli umfowabo.

OJowabe no -Abishayi umfowabo base bembulele u -Abineri, ngokuba wayebulele umfowabo u-Asaheli eGibeyoni empini.

UJonathani, indodana ka-Asaheli, noJahazeya indodana kaThikiva kuphela bamelana nalokho; oMeshulamu noShabethayi umLevi babasiza.