1. Sai Nahash Ba'ammone ya kewaye Yabesh da yaƙi. Dukan mutanen Yabesh kuwa suka ce masa, “Ka ƙulla amana da mu, mu kuwa za mu bauta maka.”
2. Nahash Ba'ammone kuwa ya ce, “Zan ƙulla amana da ku a kan wannan sharaɗi, wato in ƙwaƙule idanunku na dama don ku zama abin raini ga Isra'ilawa.”
3. Dattawan Yabesh kuwa suka ce masa, “Ka ba mu zarafi kwana bakwai domin mu aika da manzanni a dukan ƙasar Isra'ila, idan ba mu sami wanda zai cece mu ba, to, sai mu ba da kanmu gare ku.”