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1 Kwathi ukuvela komnyaka, ngexesha lokuphuma kookumkani, uYowabhi wayeyiphethe impi ephuma umkhosi; walonakalisa ilizwe loonyana baka-Amon, wafika wayingqinga iRabha. UDavide yena wahlala eYerusalem. UYowabhi ke wayichitha iRabha, wayitshabalalisa.2 UDavide wasithabatha isithsaba sokumkani wabo entlokweni yakhe, wasifumana siyitalente yegolide ubunzima baso, sinamatye anqabileyo; sabekwa entlokweni kaDavide. Waphuma namaxhoba aloo mzi amaninzi kunene.3 Ke abantu ababekhona wabarhola, wabasika ngeesarha, nangezisizilo zesinyithi, nangeempahla ezibukhali zesinyithi. Wenjenjalo uDavide kwimizi yonke yoonyana baka-Amon. Wabuya ke uDavide nabantu bonke, waya eYerusalem.

4 Kwathi emva koko, kwaliwa namaFilisti eGezere; wesuka uSibhekayi umHusha wambulala uSipayi, obe engowoonyana bakaRafa; oyiswa ke.5 Kwabuya kwaliwa namaFilisti. UElihanan unyana kaYahire wambulala uLami, umzalwana kaGoliyati waseGati, oluthi lwentshuntshe yakhe lwalungangomthi wabaluki.6 Kwabuya kwaliwa eGati. Kwakho ndoda iyingxilimbela, eminwe neenzwane zazingamashumi amabini anane; imithandathu sandleni sinye, zintandathu lunyaweni lunye; nayo ibizalwa nguRafa.7 Yawangcikiva amaSirayeli; wayibulala uYonatan, unyana kaShimeha umkhuluwa kaDavide.8 Abo bazalwa nguRafa eGati; bawa ngesandla sikaDavide, nangesandla sabakhonzi bakhe.