USamuweli wayesethatha uphondo lwamafutha , wamgcoba phakathi kwabafowabo; uMoya kaJehova wehl ela phezu kukaDavide ngamandla , kusukela kulolo suku kuya phambili. Wayesesuka uSamuweli, waya eRama. UDavide uya endlunkulu

UJonathani wambiza uDavide ; uJonathani wamtshela konke lokho . UJonathani wamyisa uDavide kuSawule , waba khona ebusweni bakhe njengakuqala. USawule uphinda azame ukumbulala uDavide. Ukubaleka kukaDavide. UDavide useRama

UDavide wathi kubantu bakhe : Bhincani, kube yilowo nalowo inkemba yakhe. Zabhinca-ke, kwaba yilowo nalowo inkemba yak he; naye uDavide wabhinca inkemba yakhe ; kwakhuphuka emva kukaDavide abantu kungathi abangamakhulu amane, kepha abangamakhulu amabili bahlala empahleni.

Lapho u -Abigayili embona uDavide , washesha wehlika embongolweni yakhe, wawa ngobuso phambi kukaDavide, wakhothamela phansi.

Umumo wezinsuku zokuhlala kukaDavide ezweni lamaFilisti wawungumnyaka nezinyanga ezine.

eyesithupha yayingu -Itereyamu ku -Egila umkaDavide . Lawo azalelwa uDavide eHebroni. Ukuvumelana kukaDavide no-Abineri. U-Abineri ubulawa nguJowabe

U-Abisalomu wathuma walanda u-Ahithofeli umGiloni, umluleki kaDavide, emzini wakubo waseGilo, esanikela ngemihlatshelo. Uzungu lwaqina, abantu banda njalo ku-Abisalomu. Ukubaleka kukaDavide

Ngokuba impi yahlakazeka khona ezweni lonke , ihlathi laqeda abantu abaningi ngalolo suku kunabadliwa yinkemba. Ukufa kuka-Abisalomu nokukhala kukaDavide

U-Abisalomu esamgcoba ukuba abe phezu kwethu usefile empini . Manje nithuleleni, ningayibuyisi inkosi na? Ukubuyiswa kukaDavide

Kepha inkosi yamyeka uMefibosheti indodana kaJonathani kaSawule ngenxa yesifungo sikaJehova esasiphakathi kwabo , phakathi kukaDavide noJonathani indodana kaSawule.

Inkosi yathi ku -Abiyathara umpristi : Hamba uye e -Anathoti emasimini akho, lokhu ungowokufa , kepha angiyikukubulala namuhla , ngokuba wawuwuthwala umphongolo weNkosi uJehova phambi kukaDavide ubaba , wahlupheka ngakho konke ubaba ahlupheka ngakho.

Wena-ke, uma uyakuhamba phambi kwami njengokuhamba kukaDavide uyihlo, ngenhliziyo engenacala nangobuqotho , ukuba wenze konke engikuyale ngakho, ugcine izimiso zami nezahlulelo zami,

KumaHebroni uJeriya wayeyinhloko , kumaHebroni njengezizukulwane zawo ngezindlu zawoyise . Ngomnyaka wamashumi amane wokubu sa kukaDavide kwafunwa , kwafunyanwa phakathi kwawo amaqhawe anamandla eJazeri kwaGileyadi.

Abantu bajabula ngokunikela kwabo ngenhliziyo , ngokuba banikela ngenhliziyo epheleleyo kuJehova; naye uDavide inkosi wajabula ngokujabula okukhulu. Ukubonga nokukhuleka kukaDavide

UJehova wamkhulisa uSolomoni kakhulu emehlweni abo bonke abakwa - Israyeli, wamnika udumo lobukhosi olungazange lube khona nakuyiphi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli phambi kwakhe. Ukufa kukaDavide

Wena-ke, uma uyakuhamba phambi kwami njen gokuhamba kukaDavide uyihlo, wenze njengakho konke engikuyale ngakho , ugcine izimiso zami nezahlulelo zami,

UJehoyada wamisa ababonisi bendlu kaJehova ngesandla sabapristi bamaLevi uDavide abahlukanisile endlini kaJehova bokunikela ngeminike lo yokushiswa kuJehova njengokulotshiweyo emthethweni kaMose , ngentokozo nangokuhlabelela, njengokuhlela kukaDavide.

Zilungiseni ngezindlu zawoyihlo ngezigaba zenu n jengokubhala kukaDavide inkosi yakwa-Israyeli nanjengokubhala kukaSolomoni indodana yakhe,

Maqondana nokumvusa kwakhe kwabafileyo ukuba engasayikubuyela ekuboleni wakhuluma kanje , wathi: Ngizakuninika okungcwel e nokuthembekileyo kukaDavide.