a1 Sam 31:1
b15:13; 1 Sam 7:1,2; 2 Lan 1:5
c15:3; 2 Sam 6:1
dJosh 13:3; Jer 2:18; Nani 34:5
e1 Kho 8:65
f1 Sam 6:21, 7:1; Josh 9:17
g2 Sam 6:2-11
hJosh 15:9
i2 Sam 6:2
j15:16
k15:16
l15:16
mLevi 10:2; 2 Sam 6:7
n26:5; 2 Lan 25:24

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UDavida ufisa ukuletha umtshokotsho wesivumelwano eJerusalema

1UDavida wasecebisana lezinduna zezinkulungwane lezamakhulu laye wonke umphathi. 2UDavida wasesithi ebandleni lonke lakoIsrayeli: Uba kulungile kini, njalo kuvela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wethu, kasisabalale sithumele kubafowethu abaseleyo emazweni wonke akoIsrayeli lakubapristi lamaLevi alabo emizini, emadlelweni, ukuze babuthane kithi a. 3Besesibuyisa kithi umtshokotsho wesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu wethu, ngoba kasiwudinganga ensukwini zikaSawuli b. 4Ibandla lonke laselisithi kwenziwe njalo, ngoba udaba lwalulungile emehlweni abo bonke abantu. 5UDavida wasebuthanisa uIsrayeli wonke c kusukela eShihori yeGibhithe d kuze kube sekungeneni kweHamathi e ukuletha umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu usuka eKiriyathi-Jeyarimi f. 6UDavida loIsrayeli wonke basebesenyukela g eBhahala h, eKiriyathi-Jeyarimi eyakoJuda, ukuze benyuse lapho umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu iNkosi, ehlala phakathi kwamakherubhi* phezu kwawo, lapho ibizo elibizwa khona i. 7Basebewuthwala umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu ngenqola entsha bewususa endlini kaAbinadaba; njalo oUza loAhiyo babetshayela leyonqola. 8UDavida loIsrayeli wonke babedlala-ke phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngamandla wonke, langengoma, langamachacho j, langezigubhu zezintambo k, langezingungu, langezinsimbi ezincencethayo, langezimpondo l.

9Lapho befika ebaleni lokubhulela likaKidoni, uUza welula isandla sakhe ukubamba umtshokotsho, ngoba inkabi zakhubeka. 10Ulaka lweNkosi lwaselumvuthela uUza, yamtshaya, ngenxa yokuthi welulela isandla sakhe emtshokotshweni; wasefela khonapho phambi kukaNkulunkulu m. 11UDavida wasethukuthela ngoba iNkosi imfohlele ngokufohla uUza; waseyibiza leyondawo ngokuthi yiPerezi-Uza, kuze kube lamuhla. 12UDavida wasemesaba uNkulunkulu ngalolosuku, esithi: Ngizawuletha njani kimi umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu? 13Ngakho uDavida kawulethanga umtshokotsho kuye emzini kaDavida, kodwa wawuphambulela endlini kaObedi-Edoma umGithi. 14Ngakho umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu wahlala kwabendlu kaObedi-Edoma endlini yakhe inyanga ezintathu. INkosi yasibusisa indlu kaObedi-Edoma lakho konke ayelakho n.
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