Kwakukhona umuntu omubi ogama lakhe lalinguSheba indodana kaBikri umBenjamini; wabetha icilongo , wathi: Asinasabelo kuDavide , asinafa endodaneni kaJese; yiyani nonke ematendeni enu, Israyeli.

Bonke abantu bakwa -Israyeli base benyuka bengasamlandeli uDavide , bamlandela uSheba indodana kaBikri; kepha abantu bakwaJuda babambelela enkosini yabo kusukela eJordani kuze kube seJerusalema.

Wayesethi uDavide ku-Abishayi: Manje uSheba indodana kaBikri uyakwenza okubi kakhulu kithi kuno -Abisalomu; thatha wena izinceku zenkosi yakho , umxoshe, funa azitholele imizi ebiyelweyo, asiphunyuke.

Emva kwakhe kwaphuma amadoda kaJowabe , namaKhereti namaPheleti , namaqhawe onke; baphuma eJerusalema ukuba ba mxoshe uSheba indodana kaBikri.

Kodwa u-Amasa akayinakanga inkemba eyayisesandleni sikaJowabe ; wamgwaza ngayo esiswini , wachithela izibilini zakhe emhlaba thini; wafa engamphindanga. OJowabe no -Abishayi umfowabo bamxosha uSheba indodana kaBikri.

Esesusiwe emendweni, abantu bonke badlula bamlandela uJowabe ukuba bamxoshe uSheba indodana kaBikri.

Akunjalo, kepha umuntu wasezintabeni zakwa -Efrayimi, nguSheba indodana kaBikri igama lakhe , uphakamisele isandla sakhe ngasenkos ini, kuDavide; nginikeni yena kuphela , khona ngiyakusuka emzini . Wayesethi owesifazane kuJowabe : Bheka, ikhanda lakhe liyakuphonswa kuwe ngaphandle kogange.

Owesifazane wayeseya ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe kubantu bonke . Bamnquma uSheba indodana kaBikri ikhan da, baliphonsa kuJowabe . Yena wabetha icilongo , bahlakazeka kulowo muzi , baya, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe. UJowabe wabuyela eJerusalema enkosini.