Onke lawo makhosi nezwe lawo uJoshuwa wakuthatha ngasikhathi sinye , ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli walwela u-Israyeli.

Lawa angamagama amaqhawe kaDavide : UJoshebi Bashebeti waseTahekemoni, inhloko yabathathu ; nguyena owaphakamisa umkhonto wakhe, walwa nabantu abangam akhulu ayisishiyagalombili abagwazwa ngasikhathi sinye.

Nanku umumo wamaqhawe uDavide ayenawo : uJashobehamu indodana yomHakimoni, inhloko yamashumi amathathu ; waphakamisela abangamakhulu amathathu umkhonto wakhe, wababulala ngasikhathi sinye.

Kepha uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi wabashiya abantu abampofu ababengenalutho ezweni lakwaJuda, wabanika izivini namasimu ngasikhathi sinye.

emva kwalokho wabonwa ngasikhathi sinye ngabazalw ane abadlula amakhulu ayisihlanu , iningi labo lisekhona nakalokhu , kepha abanye sebelele;