¹ Kwatsi sekuhambe sikhatsi lesidze Inkhosi yebantfu babe Ammon ayakhotsama nedvodzana yaHunun yaba yiNkhosi endzaweni yakhe. ² Davide watsi, '' Ngiyawukhombisa umusa endvodzaneni yaNahash, njengobe uyise naye wakho mbisa umusa kimi.'' Ngako Davide watfumela tisebenti takhe kutsi tiyodvudvuta Hanun mayelana neyise. Tisebenti takhe tangena endzaweni yebantfu beseAmmon. ³ Kepha baholi base Ammon batsi Hunun ngumphatsi wabo, ''Ucabanga kutsi Davide uhlonipha uyihlo ngoba atfumele emadvodza kutsi atekutodvudvuta? Kutsi Davide akatfumeli letisebenti takhe kutsi titawubuka lelidolobha, tibe timpimbi, kute tilicitse?'' ⁴ Ngako Hunun watsatsa tisebenti taDavide, watihhulula ihhafu yetilevu tato, wajuba tingubo tabo kuyofika etibunu tabo, wase uyabacosha. ⁵ Nabachaza kuDavide, walungiselela kuba bona , lamadvodza adliwa tinhloni kakhulu. Inkhosi yatsi, '' Hlalani eJericho kute kube ngulapho tilevu tenu sekhulile, bese niya jika.'' ⁶ Bantfu bese Ammon nababona loku baba bantfu lababi kuDvide, bantfu base Ammon batfumela tingijimi bacasha Arameans waBeth Rehob naZobah, nemasotja langu1000, neNkhosi yaseMaakah nemadvodza langu1000, kanye kanye nendvodza yase Tob na 12000 wemadvodza . ⁷ Davide nakeva loku, watfumela Joab kanye nawu wonkhe umbutfo wemasotja. ⁸ EmaAmmonites aphuma akakha lilayini ekungeneni kwelidolobha labo, kusenjalo emaArameans aZobah kanye aRehob, nemadvodza aTob naMaakah, bema nabo emadlelweni. ⁹ Joab nakabona lamalayini emphi ambuke ngembili nangemuva, wakhetsa incenye yebalwi labase cophelani lelisetulu baka Israel wabamisa babhekana nemaArameanss. ¹⁰ Labanye bantfu bakhe wabafaka esandleni saAbishai umnakabo, wabahlelela kutsi balwe nembutfo wemaAmmon. ¹¹ Joab watsi, '' Nangabe emaArameans angetulu ngemandla kunami, wena Abishai, uyawukuta ungiphephise. Kepha nangabe lombutfo ungetulu kwemandla kunawe ngiyawukuta ngikuphephise. ¹² Cina, asikhombise kucina sentele bantfu bentfu kanye nemadolobha aNkulunkulu, Simakadze uyowenta lokuhle ngenjongo yakhe. ¹³ Ngako Jaob kanye nemasotja akhe bashuca kuyalwa kanye nemaArameans, labaleka abalekela emaIsarael. ¹⁴ Libutfo lemaAmmon labona emaAmeans abaleka , nabo base bayabaleka babauyela edolobheni. Joab wajika kubantfu bakaAmmon wabuyela eJerusalem. ^{15 16} EmaArameans anele kubona kutsi ahlulwe maIsael, batigcogca ndzawonye futsi.Wase Hadarezer watfumela emabutfu emaAramean ngale kwemfula iEuphrates. Beta kuHelam, kanye naShobak, umkhuteli wemphi, bahamaba embikwabo. ¹⁷ Ngesikhatsi Davide atjelwa loku, wabutsisa onkhe emaIsrael ndzawonye, bawela umfula iJordan, befika eHelam. ¹⁸ EmaArameans atilungiselela abhekana naDavid alwa naye. EmaArameans abaleka kaIsrael, Davide wabulala 700 wemadvodza leba gibele tincola kanye nebagibeli bemahhashi langu 40 000. Shobak umkhuti welibutfo labo walimala wafa khona lapho. ¹⁹ Onkhe emakhosi labengaphansi kwaHadarezer atsi anakabona kutsi ahlulwe maIsrael, bacolelana nemaIsrael ababngephansi kwabo.