¹ Davide wabese ubutsisa emadvodza onkhe lamadvodza bekawakhetse ka Israyeli, emashumi lamatsatfu etinkhulungwane temadvodza. ² Davide wasuka wahamba nalamadvodza onkhe bekakadze anawo wesuka eBhala kaJuda kuyonyusa libhokisi lesivumelwano saNkulunkulu, lebesibitwa ngelibito laSimakadze wetingilozi, lohleti esihlalweni sebukhosi tikwemakherubhi. ³ Bakhweta libhokisi lesivumelwano saNkulunkulu encoleni lensha. Balikhipha endlini yaka Abinadabi, lebeyikadze isentsatjaneni. Uzza na Ahio, emadvodzana akhe, bebachuba lencola lensha. ⁴ Bayikhipha lencola letfwele libhokisi lesivumelwano saNkulunkulu endlini ya Abinadab bekadze isentsabeni. Ahio bekahamba ngembili kwalelibhokisi. ⁵ Wabese Davide nalamadvodza endlu yaka Israyeli bacala kugidzasa, badvumisa ngekudlala tingitali letakhiwe ngetihlahla letingomi, emahaphu, ngemalire, bokhencekhence nemafahlawane. ⁶ Nabefika emabaleni ekubhula aseNako, letinkhabi tagileka, Uzza welulela sandla sakhe ebhokisini lesimelwane saNkulunkulu libhokisi ngesandla, wabese uyalibamba. Lulaka lwaSimakadze lwamuyobula Uzza. ⁷ Nkulunkulu wamshaya wamshayela sono sakhe khona lapho. Uzza wavele wafa wafela lapho eceleni kwelibhokisi lwesivumelwano saNkulunkulu. ⁸ Davide bekakwatile akwatele kutsi Simakadze wadzimuta Uzza, wabese Davide wetsa lendzawo watsi kuse Perez Uzza. Lendzawo nalamuhla solo kutsiwa kuse Perez Uzza. ⁹ Davide wamesaba Simakadze ngalelo langa. Davide watsi, ''Lingeta kanjani kimi lelibhokisi lesivumelwano saNkulunkulu kimi?'' ¹⁰ Davide bekangaba kutsatsa lelibhokisi lesivumelwano saSimakadze angene nalo edolonheni lakhe Davide. Esikhundleni saloko, walibeka endlini ya Obed-Edom umGithithe. ¹¹ Lelibhokisi lesivumelwano lachubeka lahlala endli ka Obed-Edom umGithithe tinyanga letintsatfu. Ngakoke Simakadze wambusisa Obed-Edom kanye nendlu yakhe yonkhe. ¹² Babese bayayitjela inkhosi Davide batsi, ''Simakadze syibusisile indlu ya Obed-Edom nakokonkhe lokungekwakhe ngenca yelibhokisi lesivumelwano saNkulunkulu.'' Ngakoke wahamba walilandza lelibhokisi endlini ka Obe-Edom kutolingenisa edolobheni lakhe ngentfokoto. ¹³ Ngesikhatsi labo lebebakadze betfwele lelibhokisi lesivumelwano sebatsetse tinyatselo letisitfupha, Davide wahlaba inkhabi nelitfole lelikhuluphele. ¹⁴ Davide wagidza embikwaSimakadze ngemandla akhe onkhe; bekembetse sidziya sebafundisi lesakhiwe ngelineni. ¹⁵ Ngakoke Davide nesive sonkhe saka Israyeli balingenisa ngekuhlabela nemisindvo yemacilongo. ¹⁶ Ngesikhatsi libhokisi lesivumelwano saSimakadze lingena edolobheni laDavide, Machal indvodzakati yaSawula, yahlola ngelifasitelo. Wabona inkhosi Davide igcuma nekugidza embhikwa Simakadze. Wabese Mikhali ubuka Davide ngekumtondza. ¹⁷ Balingenisa libhokisi lesivumelwano saSimakadze balibeka endzaweni yalo, emkhatsini ekhatsi ethendeni Davide bekalimisele lona. Wabese Davide wenta umhaltjelo loshisiwe naloyo webudlelwane embikwaSimakadze. ¹⁸ Ngesikhatsi Dvide sekacedzile kwenta lemihlatjelo yekushiswa naloyo webudlelwane, wasibusisa sive ngeligama laSimakadze wemabandla. ¹⁹ Wabese ugiyela sonkhe sive, sicuku sonkhe saka Israyeli, emadvodza nebafati, wabagiyela sinkhwa , incenye yenyama, nelikhekhe lemagilebisi lonyisiwe. Banfu babese bayahamba; ngamunye ngamunye wabuyela endlini yakhe. ²⁰ Wabese Davide uyajika uyobusisa umndeni wakhe. Mikhali, indvodzakati yaSawula, yaphuma kuyohlangana naDavide yatsi, ''Kantsi ihlonipheke kanganani inkhosi yaka Israyeli namuhla, itikhumule yabangcunu namuhla emehlweni etisebenti takhe letinsikati, njenge ndvodza lehamba ngunu embikwesive.'' ²¹ Davide waphendvula Mikhali watsi, ''Ngikwente embikwaSimakadze, lowakhetsa mine ngaphambi kweyihlo, nemndeni wakhe wonkhe, Simakadze lowabeka mine inkhosi yesive sakhe, ka Izrayeli. EmbikwaSimakadze ngisetawujabula! ²² Ngisatobangcunu ngitehlise futsi kwengca loku lengingiko, phindze ngihlazeke ngisho kuwami emehlo. Kepha kuletintfombi lokhuluma ngato, ngitohlonipheka kuto.'' ²³ Ngakoke Mikhali, indvodzakati yaSawula, ayitfolanga bantfwana imphilo yakhe yonkhe yate yayofa.