5 AmaSiriya aseDamaseko+ athi ezoncedisa uHadadezeri inkosi yeZobha, uDavida wabulala amabutho awo angu-22 000,+ 6 wasefaka amaqembu amabutho akhe eSiriya yeDamaseko. Abantu beSiriya baba zinceku zikaDavida baqalisa ukubhadala umthelo kuye. UJehova wayesenza uDavida anqobe loba ngaphi lapho ayesiya khona.+ 7 UDavida wathatha amahawu egolide ayisigombolozi ezincekwini zikaHadadezeri wawaletha eJerusalema.+ 8 Wathatha lekhopha enengi kakhulu emadolobheni kaHadadezeri, iBhetha leBherotha.