6 Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ama-Amoni ananzelela ukuthi uDavida wayesewazonda. Yikho asuka ayabhadala amaSiriya aseBhethi-rehobhi+ lawaseZobha,+ aphiwa amabutho angu-20 000. Abhadala lenkosi yeMahakha+ aphiwa angu-1 000, futhi e-Ishithobi* aphiwa angu-12 000.+

2 Kwafika umbiko endlini kaDavida usithi: “Amabutho eSiriya asebambane lamabutho ako-Efrayimi.”

U-Ahazi labantu bakhe bafikelwa yikwesaba, baqhuqha njengezihlahla ezinyikinywa ngumoya eguswini.

5 Phela iSiriya lo-Efrayimi kanye lendodana kaRemaliya sebebumbe icebo lokukuhlasela, bathi: