1. Kwathi ukuvela komnyaka, ngexesha lokuphuma kookumkani, uYowabhi wayeyiphethe impi ephuma umkhosi; walonakalisa ilizwe loonyana baka-Amon, wafika wayingqinga iRabha. UDavide yena wahlala eYerusalem. UYowabhi ke wayichitha iRabha, wayitshabalalisa.
2. UDavide wasithabatha isithsaba sokumkani wabo entlokweni yakhe, wasifumana siyitalente* yegolide ubunzima baso, sinamatye anqabileyo; sabekwa entlokweni kaDavide. Waphuma namaxhoba aloo mzi amaninzi kunene.
3. Ke abantu ababekhona wabarhola, wabasika ngeesarha, nangezisizilo zesinyithi, nangeempahla ezibukhali zesinyithi. Wenjenjalo uDavide kwimizi yonke yoonyana baka-Amon. Wabuya ke uDavide nabantu bonke, waya eYerusalem.
4. Kwathi emva koko, kwaliwa namaFilisti eGezere; wesuka uSibhekayi umHusha wambulala uSipayi, obe engowoonyana bakaRafa; oyiswa ke.
5. Kwabuya kwaliwa namaFilisti. UElihanan unyana kaYahire wambulala uLami, umzalwana kaGoliyati waseGati, oluthi lwentshuntshe yakhe lwalungangomthi wabaluki.