8 Empumalanga kweJerikho phetsheya kukaJodani bakhetha iBhezeri+ esendaweni eyinkangala emagcekeni esizwana sakoRubheni. Bakhetha leRamothi+ eseGiliyadi esizwaneni sakoGadi, leGolani+ eseBhashani esizwaneni sakoManase.+

9 Amadolobho la yiwo akhethwayo ukuze loba ngubani owako-Israyeli kumbe owesinye isizwe ohlala phakathi kwabo abalekele khona nxa angabulala umuntu ngengozi. Wayezaphephela khona+ ukuze lowo ofuna ukuphindisela* angambulali engakathonisiswa phambi kwebandla.+

7 USolomoni wayelabaphathi bezabelo abangu-12 kulo lonke elako-Israyeli futhi yibo ababelethela inkosi labendlu yayo ukudla. Ngamunye wabo wayeletha ukudla okwenyanga eyodwa ngomnyaka.+

13 Indodana kaGebheri yona yayikhangele iRamothi-giliyadi.+ (Yayiphethe lezigaba zikaJayiri+ indodana kaManase eziseGiliyadi+ lesabelo se-Arigobi+ esiseBhashani.+ Indawo le yayilamadolobho amakhulu angu-60 ayegonjolozelwe ngemiduli futhi elamagedi alemigoqo yekhopha.)