¹ Apo, yense msdzinza ya ku Izirael wadauya kuna Dhdvidhi ku Hebhroni adalanga: "Ona ndife nyama yako namafupa yako. ² Pani yantchitchino yakale patche Sauli atchirikuti tonga ife pano. Akhali iye wakuti akhaemerera masodja aku Izirael. Yahweh adakubvunza: Iwe utchaemerera wanhu wangu, Izirael, napenepo iwepo utchatonga Izirael". ³ Napenepo wense wakulu wakulu wa Izirael wadauya kuna mambo, ku Hebroni, apo mamnbo Dhavidhi adaita tchitenderano pamberi pa Yahweh. Wada dzola Dhavidhi mambo wa Izirael. ⁴ Dhavidhi akhana makole makumi matatu patche adatanga iye kutonga apo atyonga makole makumi manai. ⁵ ku Hebroni, iye adatonga mu Djudha makole manomwe namwezi mitanhatu, mudjerusalerma,iye adatonga makole makumimatatu namatatu mu Izirael yense na mudjudheya. ⁶ Mambo na wanhu watche adaenda Djerusalema soso nawa Jebuseu, wanya kugala kweneko. iwo wadalanga kuna Dhavidhi: "Iwo hawa ui kuno kuti wadzathamanguisiwe na mapofu nazvilema. ⁷ Dhavide angada uya lini kuno". Napenepo Dhavidhi adatola mbi«uto yaku deka ya kuSiyau, yakuti tchitchino ndi luwani la Dhavidhi. ⁸ Pangaaani ineyo Dhavidhi adati: "Upi naupi zvatche adatsetsula wa Jebuzeu anadikana kupinda napense pana madzi kuti aswike kuna mapofu nazvirema; wakuti mb anyamarha waDhavidhi". Ndipo wanhu wanati: "Mapofu mawakulamala ngawa leke kuya kuna mambo". ⁹ Apo Dhavidhi adadzakala ali wakukhodzera wadzdadaidza luwani la Dhavidhi. Iye adasimbisa wagalisani watche, kubudira mbiru ya khona latche kuswira mukati. ¹⁰ Dhavidhi adagala mukulu maningui Yahweh, Mulungu wankhondo akhana iye. ¹¹ Napenepo, Hirau, mmambo wa Tiro, adatuma wanyamasoko kuna Dhavidhi na sedro, mutsemi wamatabwa na muwaki wanyumba. Iwo wadawaka nyumba Yadhavidhi. ¹² Dhavidhin akhadziwa kuti nYahweh akhada muikha ninga mambo wa Izirael, futi yye akhadamupaqsa utonguinwatche nakuda kwawanhu watche Izirael. ¹³ Kubuda pakusiya kudaita Dhavidh Hebroni atchiyenda ku Jerusalema, iye adatolazve ena mabondwe nawenango wakadzi ku Jerusalema nawenango wana waaphale nawatsikaqna ¹⁴ watchibaliwa. Aya ndiwo madzinza yawana wkuti adabalirha ku Jerusalema: Samua, Sabote, Nata, Salomao, ¹⁵ Ibar, eliusa, Nefegue, Jafia, ¹⁶ Elisma, Eliada na Elifelete. ¹⁷ Pawo ma filistia wadava kuti Dhavidhi akhada dzazisiwa umambo mu Izirael, we wadabuda kuuya kudzamusaka. Apo Dhavidhi adazvibva futi aenda kutrhambwe. ¹⁸ Mafiristiya wadaenda watchimwazana na mumbetete ya Refaimi. ¹⁹ Nadyalo Dhavidhi dakumbira kutesiwa kuna Yahweh. Dhavidhi adati: "Munadikana kuphaya ma firistiya? iwe utchandipa kukunda kuna iwo?". Yahweh adati kuna Dhavidhi: "Waphaye, napenepo ine ndictha kupasa kukunda kuna iwo wa firistiya". ²⁰ Napenepo Dhavidhi, adawapasa kuna BHahaale-Perazi, penepo wadawa kunda. Dhavidhi akhada langa:" Yahweh alikuda wanyamarha angu kuna ine, ninga madzi akudzalirha yakufudza". Napenepo mbuto ineyo ida daidziwa Bahali-Perazi. ²¹ Wafilistiya wadasiya zviwanya zvimulungu zvawo penepo, Dhavidhi nawamuna watche wadamutola penepo. ²² Apo mafilistiuya wada kwirazve nkubvawa mwazana na mufera ya Refaimi. Napenepo Dhabvidhi adatola kubatsirha kuna Yahweh adati kuna Iye: ²³ "Usawa ulayi nakumberi, pambuto ya izvi, zungulira uwaswikire dhuze na mubholosi. ²⁴ Apo iwepo ungabva dungu lakufamba litchifuza mhepo ananga ndi Mulungu alikupinda napa dzaulu pamibulosi waphaye nansimba. ita zvenezvo thangwe Yahweh ananga abuda iwe usati wabda, kuti aphaye masodja awa filistiya". ²⁵ Napenepo Dhavidi adaita ninga zvidabvunziwa iye na Yahweh. Iye adaulaya mafilistiya kubudira Geba na zense njira zakuswikira Gezeri.