Kepha bakhohlwa uJehova uNkulunkulu wabo, wathengisa ngabo esandleni sikaSisera induna yempi yaseHasori , nasesandleni samaFilisti , nasesandleni senkosi yakwaMowabi, balwa nabo.

UDavide wasuka khona , waya eMispa lakwaMowabi , wathi enkosini yakwaMowabi: Ake beze ubaba nomame , bahlale kini , ngize ngazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakwenzani kimi.

Wabaletha phambi kwenkosi yakwaMowabi, bahlala kuye zonke izinsuku uDavide esenqabeni.

Yathi ibona inkosi yakwaMowabi ukuthi ukulwa kuyayahlula , yathatha abantu abangamakhulu ayisikhombisa abahosha inkemba ukufohlela enkosini yakwa-Edomi, kepha bahluleka.

UMesha inkosi yakwaMowabi owayefuyile kakhulu izimvu wathela enkosini yakwa-Israyeli uboya bamawundlu ayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu nobezinqama eziyizinkulungwane eziyikhulu.

Kwathi lapho esefile u -Ahabi, inkosi yakwaMowabi yahlubuka inkosi yakwa-Israyeli.

Yaya yathumela kuJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda , yathi: Inkosi yakwaMowabi ingihlubukile; ungahamba nami, silwe noMowabi, na? Wathi: Ngiyakwenyuka, mina n jengawe, abantu bami njengabantu bakho , amahhashi ami njengamahhashi akho.

u-Israyeli wathuma izithunyw a enkosini yakwa -Edomi, wathi: Ake ngidabule izwe lakho ; kepha inkosi yakwa -Edomi ayilalelanga ; nasenkosini yakwaMowabi wathuma kanjalo ; kepha ayivumanga; u-Israyeli wayesehlala eKadeshi.

Pho, ungcono yini kunoBalaki indodana kaSipori , inkosi yakwaMowabi , na? Wake waphikisana no-Israyeli, wake walwa nabo na?

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli babuye benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova; uJehova wamnika u -Egiloni inkosi yakwaMowabi amandla phezu kuka - Israyeli, lokhu benze okubi emehlweni kaJehova.

Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamkhonza u -Egiloni inkosi yakwaMowabi iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili.

Kepha a bantwana bakwa -Israyeli bakhala kuJehova , uJehova wabavusela umsindisi, u-Ehudi indodana kaGera , umBenjamini, umuntu oyinxele ; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bathuma isipho ngaye ku -Egiloni inkosi yakwaMowabi.

Wamnika u -Egiloni inkosi yakwaMowabi isipho , kepha u -Egiloni wayengumuntu okhulupheleyo kakhulu.

Ngokuba ukukhala kuzungeze imikhawulo yakwaMowabi , nokuklewula kwakhe kuze kube se-Egelayimi, nokububula kwakhe kuze kube seBeri Elimi.

ukuthume enkosini yakwa -Edomi, nasenkosini yakwaMowabi , nasenkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni, nasenkosini yaseTire , nasenkosini yaseSidoni ngesandla sezithunywa ezifika eJerusalema kuSedekiya inkosi yakwaJuda,

Kwase kuvuka uBalaki indodana kaSipori , inkosi yakwaMowabi, walwa no- Israyeli; wathuma wabiza uBileyamu indodana kaBeyori ukuba aniqalekise,

Bantu bami, ake nikhumbule okwacetshwa nguBalaki inkosi yakwaMowabi, nalokho amphendula ngakho uBileyamu indodana kaBeyori , nokwakuphakathi kweShithimi neGiligali , nize nazi izenzo ezilungileyo zikaJehova.

Ngokuba iHeshiboni lalingumuzi kaSihoni inkosi yama -Amori owayelwile nenkosi endala yakwaMowabi , wathatha lonke izwe lakhe esandleni sakhe kwaze kwafika e-Arinoni.

UBileyamu wathi kuNkulunkulu: UBalaki indodana kaSipori , inkosi yakwaMowabi, uthumile kimi wathi:

UMowabi wathi kumalunga akwaMidiyani: Manje leli bandla liyakukhotha konke okungakithi nxazonke , njengalokhu inkabi ikhotha utshani bedlelo . UBalaki indodana kaSipori wayeyinkosi yakwaMowabi ngaleso sikhathi.

Wayesethatha isisho sakhe , wathi: E-Aramu uBalaki ungilandile , inkosi yakwaMowabi ezintabeni zasempumalanga : woza ungiqalekisele uJakobe ; woza umdlelesele u-Israyeli.

Inceku eyayibekwe phezu kwabavuni yaphendula yathi : Kuyintombazana yakwaMowabi ebuye noNawomi ezweni lakwaMowabi;