Bonke abantu basemzini babizwa ukuba babaxoshe ; bamxosha uJoshuwa, basuswa emzini.

Kepha u -Adoni Bezeki wabaleka ; bamxosha, bambamba, bamnquma izithupha nawoqukula.

Kepha oJowabe no -Abishayi bamxosha u -Abineri; ilanga lashona befike ngasegqumeni lase -Ama elingaphambi kweGiya ngasendleleni yasehlane laseGibeyoni.

Kodwa u-Amasa akayinakanga inkemba eyayisesandleni sikaJowabe ; wamgwaza ngayo esiswini , wachithela izibilini zakhe emhlaba thini; wafa engamphindanga. OJowabe no -Abishayi umfowabo bamxosha uSheba indodana kaBikri.

Wadabula izizwe zonke zakwa -Israyeli, waze wafika e -Abela, naseBeti Mahakha, nakuwo onke amaBeri; babuthana bamxosha nakhona.

Basukuma, bamxosha emzini, bamqhubela ekwengameni kwentaba umuzi wabo owakhiwe phezu kwayo, ukuze bamkhalakathelisele phansi.