Wayesethi uJakobe kwabendlu yakhe nakubo bonke ababe naye : Lahlani izithixo zabezizwe eziphakathi kwenu , nizihlambulule nina , niziphendulele izingubo zenu,

u-Ahishari wayephezu kwabendlu ; u-Adoniramu indodana ka -Abida wayephethe ezemali.

USolomoni wamnika uHiramu amakhora ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili kakolweni , ukudla kwabendlu yakhe , namakhora angamashumi amabili amafutha akhanyiweyo ; uSolomoni wamnika kanjalo uHiramu iminyaka ngeminyaka.

Inceku yakhe uZimri , induna yenxenye yezinqola zakhe , yamenzela ugobe; eseTirisa ephuzile waze wadakwa endlini ka -Arisa owayephezu kwabendlu yaseTirisa,

Pho, ngubani oyinceku ethembekileyo neqondayo , inkosi yayo eyimisile phezu kwabendlu yayo ukuba ibanike ukudla ngesikhathi sakho na?

Yayisithi iNkosi : Ngumuphi-ke umphathi othembekileyo noqondileyo , inkosi yakhe eyakumbeka phezu kwabendlu bayo ukuba abanike isabelo sabo sokudla ngesikhathi sakho?

Ngakho-ke njengokuba sinethuba , asenze okuh le kubo bonke , kepha ikakhulu kwabendlu yokukholwa. Isigcino