¹ Emva kwaloku kwefika lapho Davide wehlula emaPhilisti wabehlulekisa. Ngako Davide watsatsa Metheg Ammah emandleni emaPhilisti ² Wase wehlulekisa Moab wase ubalinganisa emadvodza abo ngelilayini ngekubenta balale phansi. Walinganisa emalayini lamabili kute ababulale, bese linye lilayani lekubagcina baphilile. Ngako ema Moabi aba tisebenti taDavide base bacala kumbhadala inhlonipho. ³ Davide wehlulekisa Hadadezar indvodzana yaRehob, inkhosi yase Zobabi, asahamba Hadadezer kubuyisa umtsetfo wakhe ngasemfuleni iEuphrates. ⁴ Davide watsatsa kuye 1,700 wetinkalishi kanye netinkhulungwane letingemashumi lamabili emasotja. Davide wajuba onkhe lamahhashi etinkalishi, kodvwa watigcinela letinele tinkalishi letilikhulu. ⁵ Uma ema Aramean ase Damascus eta kutosita hadadezer inkhosi yase Zobah, Davide wabulala tinkhulungwane letingemashumi lamabili emakhulu temadvodza. ⁶ Wase Davide ubeka emasotja eAram yase Damascus, lema Aramean abatisebenti kuye bamletsela nenhlonipho. Simakadze wajabula kudavide konkhe lebekahamba khona. ⁷ Davide watsatsa emahawu emagolide labekaseti sebentini taHadadezer watiletsa eJerusalem. ⁸ Kusuka eTebah nase Berothai, emadolobha ahadadezer, inkhosi davide yatsatsa litfusi lelanele. ⁹ Uma Tou, inkhosi yase Hamath, weva kutsi Davide wehlulekise libutfo laHadadezer, ¹⁰ Tou watfumela indvodzana yakhe kuDavide kuyomvusela futsi mbusise, ngoba Davide ulwe wamelana naHadadezer wamehlulekisa, ngoba Hadadezer abehlose imphi ku Tou. Hadodaram watitsengela tintfo telisiliva, ligolide, kanye netfusi. ¹¹ Inkhosi Davide wanikela letintfo kuSimakadze, kanye kanye nelisiliva kanye neligolide lalinikele, lelachamuca etiveni tonkhe latincobile- ¹² kusuka eAram, Moab, bantfu base Ammon, ema Philisti, ema Amalek, nato tonkhe tintfo labatibhubhisa taHadadezer indvodzana yaRehob, inkhosi yaZobah. ¹³ Ligama laDavide belatiwa makabuya kuyoncoba ema Aramean evalini leSalt, nemadvodza abo latinkhulungwane letilishumi nesiphohlongo. ¹⁴ Wabeka emasotja Edom wonkhe, onkhe ema Edom abatisebenti takhe. Simakadze wajabula ngaDavide labakahamba khona. ¹⁵ Davide wabusa Israel wonkhe, wafaka nemtsetfo kanye nebulungisa kubo bonkhe bantfu. ¹⁶ Joab indvodzana yaZeruiah umholi welibutfo, kanye Jehoshaphat indvodzana yaAhilud bekangumbali. ¹⁷ Zadok indvodzana yaAhitub kanye naAhimelek indvodzana yaAbiathar bebaba pristi, Seriah abengumbhali. ¹⁸ Benaiah indvodzana yaJehoiada abebuke eKerethite kanye nePelethite, emadvodzana aDavide bapristi.