6 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, ema-Amoni abona kutsi sekaliphunga lelibi kuDavide, ngako acasha emasotja emaSiriya lahlala eBhethi-rehobu+ nalahlala eSobha.+ Bekangu-20 000 emasotja lebekahamba ngetinyawo; inkhosi yaseMakha+ yona beyihamba nalangu-1 000; lasuka e-Ishithobi* bekangu-12 000.+

2 Kwefika umbiko endlini yaDavide lotsi: “ISiriya itihlanganise nelibutfo laka-Efrayimu.”

Ngako inhlitiyo ya-Ahazi kanye netinhlitiyo tebantfu bakhe tacala kuvevetela, njengetihlahla telihlatsi nakuhhusha umoya.

5 Ngobe iSiriya nesive saka-Efrayimu kanye nendvodzana yaRemaliya bakhe lisu lekukulimata, batsi: