U-Abimeleki nabo bonke abantu ababenaye basuka ebusuku , baqamekela iShekemi ngezigaba ezine.

Kwathi ngangomuso uSawule waviva abantu ngezigaba ezintathu ; bafika phakathi kwekamu ngomlindo wokusa , babulala abakwa-Amoni, laze lashisa ilanga; kwathi abaseleyo bahlakazeka, akusalanga kubo ababili bendawonye.

Abaphangi baphuma ekamu lamaFilisti ngezigaba ezintathu ; esinye isigaba sahamba ngendlela eya e-Ofira ezweni laseShuhali;

UDavide wabahlukanisa ngezigaba njengamadodana kaLevi : oGereshoni, noKohati, noMerari.

ODavide, noSadoki wamadodana ka-Eleyazare, no-Ahimeleki wamadodana ka-Itamari babahlukanisa ngezigaba zabo njengenkonzo yabo.

Wamisa njengomthetho kaDavide uyise izigaba zabapristi enkonzweni yabo, namaLevi ezikhundl eni zawo ukuba adumise , akhonze phambi kwabapristi njengokudingekayo imihla ngemihla , nabalindisango ngezigaba zabo emasangweni ngamasango , ngokuba uDavide umuntu kaNkulunkulu wayeyale kanjalo.

UHezekiya wamisa izigaba zabapristi nezamaLevi ngezigaba zabo , kwaba yilowo nalowo njengenkonzo yakhe , abapristi namaLevi beminikelo yokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula, ukuba bakhonze , babonge, badumise emasangweni ekamu likaJehova,

Phansi kwakhe kwakungo -Edene, noMiniyamini, noJeshuwa, noShemaya, no-Amariya, noShekaniya emizini yabapristi ezikhundleni zabo ukuba babele abafowabo ngezigaba zabo abakhulu njengabancane,

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

Yayisilungiswa-ke inkonzo ; abapristi bema ezindaweni zabo namaLevi ngezigaba zawo njengesiyalezo senkosi.

Bamisa abapristi ngamaqembu abo namaLevi ngezigaba zawo ukuba baphathe inkonzo kaNkulunkulu eseJerusalema njengokulotshiweyo encwadini kaMose.

noBakibukiya no-Uno abafowabo, bemalungana nabo ngezigaba.

Wabayala ukuba bonke bahlale phansi etshanini obuluhlaza izigaba ngezigaba.

Ngokuba kwakukhona amadoda okungathi izinkulungwane eziyisihlanu . Wathi kubafundi bakhe: Bahlaliseni ngezigaba ngamashumi ayisihlanu.