¹ UDavide wabuye wabutha bonke abakhethiweyo bakwa -Israyeli, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu. ² UDavide wahamba nabo bonke abantu ababe naye , besuka eBali Juda ukwenyusa khona umphongolo kaNkulunkulu obizwa ngeGama , lona igama likaJehova Sebawoti ohlala phezu kwamakherubi. ³ Bawuhambisa umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ngengqukumbane entsha , bewukhipha endlini ka -Abinadaba eyayisegqumeni ; o-Uza no -Ahiyo amadodana ka-Abinadaba bashayela leyo ngqukumbane entsha. ⁴ Bayikhipha-ke endlini ka -Abinadaba eyayisegqumeni kanye nomphongolo ; u-Ahiyo wahamba phambi komphongolo. ⁵ UDavide kanye nendlu yonke k a-Israyeli bathokoza ebusweni bukaJehova benezinto zonke zokubetha zomsayipuresi , namahabhu, nezingubhu, nezigubhu, nobuxhaka, namasimbali. ⁶ Ekufikeni kwabo esibuyeni sikaNakoni u -Uza welulela isandla emphongolweni kaNkulunkulu, wawubamba, ngokuba izinkabi zashelela. ⁷ Intukuthelo kaJehova yamvuthela u -Uza, uNkulunkulu wamshaya lapho ngenxa yesiphosiso sakhe; wafela khona ngasemphongolweni kaNkulunkulu. ⁸ UDavide wadabuka ngokuba uJehova emhlasele u-Uza, wayibiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iPheresi-Uza kuze kube namuhla. ⁹ UDavide wamesaba uJehova ngalolo suku . Wathi: Umphongolo kaJehova uyakuza kanjani kimi na? ¹⁰ Ngalokho uDavide akavumanga ukuwuletha umphongolo kaJehova kuye emzini kaDavide , kepha uDavide wawubuyisela eceleni endlini ka -Obede Edomi umGiti. ¹¹ Umphongolo kaJehova wahlala endlini ka -Obede Edomi umGiti izinyanga ezintathu; uJehova wambusisa u-Obede Edomi nendlu yakhe yonke. ¹² Kwatshelwa inkosi uDavide ukuthi uJehova ubusisile indlu ka -Obede Edomi nakho konke okwakhe ngenxa yomphongolo kaNkulunkulu . UDavide wahamba wenyusa umphongolo kaNkulunkulu endlini ka -Obede Edomi , wawuyisa emzini kaDavide ngokujabula. ¹³ Kwakuthi ababethwele umphongolo kaJehova sebehambile izinyathelo eziyisithupha, wahlaba inkabi nethole elikhuluphalisiweyo. ¹⁴ UDavide wasina ph ambi kukaJehova ngamandla akhe onke ; uDavide wayebhince ingubo yamahlombe yelineni. ¹⁵ Kanjalo uDavide nayo yonke indlu ka -Israyeli benyusa umphongolo kaJehova ngokukhamuluka nangokukhala kwecilongo. ¹⁶ Kwathi umphongolo kaJehova ungena nje emzini kaDavide , uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule walunguza efasiteleni , wabona inkosi uDavide itshekula, isina phambi kukaJehova; wayidelela enhliziyweni yakhe. ¹⁷ Bawungenisa umphongolo kaJehova , bawubeka endaweni yawo phakathi kwetende uDavide alimisele wona ; uDavide wanik ela ngeminikelo yokushiswa nangeminikelo yokuthula phambi kukaJehova. ¹⁸ UDavide eseqedile ukunikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa nangeminikelo yokuthula wabusisa abantu egameni likaJehova Sebawoti. ¹⁹ Wababela bonke abantu esixukwini sonke sakwa -Israyeli, abesilisa nabesifazane, kwaba yilowo nalowo ucezu lwesinkwa , nesicubu senyama , nesigaxa sezithelo zomvini ezomileyo . Base behamba abantu bonke , baya, kwaba yilowo nalowo ekhaya lakubo. ²⁰ UDavide wayesebuya ukubusisa indlu yakhe . UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule waphuma ukumhlangabeza uDavide, wathi: Yeka udumo lwenkosi ka-Israyeli namuhla, ezambulile namuhla emehlweni ezincekukazi zezinceku zakhe njengomunye wamayiyane, ezambula nokuzambula. ²¹ Wayesethi uDavide kuMikhali : Ngaphambi kukaJehova owangikhetha phezu kukayihlo naphezu kwayo yonke indlu yakhe ukungimisa ukuba ngibe ngumbusi wabantu bakaJehova kwa -Israyeli, yebo, ngaphambi kukaJehova ngathokoza. ²² Ngiyakudeleleka kakhulu kunalokho , ngithotshiswe nasemehlweni ami , kodwa izincekukazi okhulume ngazo ngiyakudunyiswa yizo. ²³ UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule akazalanga mntwana kwaze kwaba lusuku lokufa kwakhe.