4. Zvisinei, shoko ramambo rakakunda raJoabhu, saka Joabhu akabvapo akaenda muIsraeri yose uye akadzokera kuJerusarema.
5. Joabhu akataurira Dhavhidhi uwandu hwavarwi achiti muIsraeri yose maiva navanhu vaigona kubata munondo vaisvika miriyoni nezana rezviuru zvavarume, vachisanganisira zviuru makumi manomwe muJudha.
6. Asi Joabhu haana kusanganisira Revhi naBenjamini mukuverenga uku, nokuti kurayira kwamambo kwakanga kwakaipa kwazvo kwaari.
7. Kurayira uku kwakanga kwakaipawo pamberi paMwari, saka akaranga Israeri.
8. Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati kuna Mwari, “Ndakatadza zvikuru pandakaita chinhu ichi. Zvino ndokumbirawo kuti mubvise kuipa kwomuranda wenyu. Ndakaita sebenzi kwazvo.”
9. Jehovha akati kuna Gadhi muoni waDhavhidhi,
10. “Enda undotaurira Dhavhidhi kuti, ‘Zvanzi naJehovha: Ndinokupa zvinhu zvitatu zvokusarudza. Zvisarudzire chaunoda kuti ndikuitire ndichikuranga.’ ”
11. Saka Gadhi akaenda kuna Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, “Zvanzi naJehovha, ‘Sarudza pakati peizvi:
12. Makore matatu enzara, mwedzi mitatu yokutsvairwa pamberi pavavengi vako, minondo yavo ichikuparadzai, kana kuti mazuva matatu omunondo waJehovha, mazuva edenda munyika mutumwa waJehovha achiparadza panyika yose yaIsraeri. Zvino saka zvisarudzirei kuti ndinganopindura sei uyo akandituma.”
13. Dhavhidhi akati kuna Gadhi, “Ndiri mukutambudzika kukuru kwazvo. Rega hako ndiwire mumaoko aJehovha nokuti tsitsi dzake dzakakura kwazvo, asi musandirega ndichiwira mumaoko avanhu.”
14. Saka Jehovha akatumira denda muIsraeri uye zviuru makumi manomwe zvavarume veIsraeri zvakawira pasi zvikafa.