Kepha wathi kuye : Nginike indodana yakho . Wayithatha esifubeni sakhe , wayikhuphulela ekamelweni eliphezulu lapho e hlala khona , wayibeka embhedeni wakhe.

Nezinceku zenkosi zafika ukuyibusisa inkosi yethu , inkosi uDavide , ngokuthi: U Nkulunkulu wakho makenze igama likaSolomoni libe lihle kunegama lakho , asenze isihlalo sa khe sobukhosi sibe sikhulu kunesihlalo sakho sobukhosi; inkosi yakhothama embhedeni wayo.

U-Ahabi wangena endlini yakhe ehluneme , ethukuthele ngen xa yezwi abelikhulume kuye uNaboti waseJizreyeli ; ngokuba wayeshilo ukuthi : Angiyikukunika ifa lawobaba . Walala embhedeni , waphendula ubuso, akadlanga lutho.

UMikhali wathatha itherafi, walibeka embhedeni, wabeka isicamelo soboya bezimbuzi ngasekhanda lalo, walembesa izingubo.

Kepha wala wathi: Angiyikudla. Kodwa zamcindezela izinceku zakhe kanye nowesifazane, walilalela izwi labo . Wayesevuka emhlabathini , wahlala embhedeni.

Wayesethi kuyo : Usho kanje uJehova , uthi: Lokhu uthume izithunywa ukubuza kuBali Zebubi unkulunkulu wase -Ekroni kungokuba kungekho Nkulunkulu kwa -Israyeli ukuba kubuzwe ngezwi lakhe na ? Ngalokho awuyikwehlika embhedeni okhuphukele kuwo, kepha uyakufa nokufa.

Wakhuphuka, wambeka embhedeni womuntu kaNkulunkulu , wamvalela, waphuma.

U-Elisha esengene endlini , bheka, umntwana wayefile elele embhedeni wakhe.

Bammbela emathuneni akhe owayeziqophele wona emzini kaDavide , bambeka embhedeni ogcwele iphunga elimnandi namakha ayizinhlobonhlobo, alungisiwe ngokwenza komthaki ; bamenzela ukushisa kwempepho okukhulu kakhulu.

Lapho sebemukile kuye ngokuba bamshiya egula kakhulu izinceku zakhe zamenzela ugobe ngenxa yegazi lamadodana kaJehoyada umpristi, zambulala embhedeni wakhe, wafa; bammbela emzini kaDavide, kodwa abammbelanga emathuneni amakhosi.

Esebiziwe nguDavide wadla waphuza phambi kwakhe ; wamdakisa; kusihlwa waphuma ukuyolala embhedeni wakhe kanye nezinceku zenkosi , kepha akehlelanga endlini yakhe.

Kwathi kusihlwa uDavide wavuka embhedeni , wahamba ophahleni lwendlu yenkosi, wabona esesophahleni owesifazane egeza ; owesifazane wayemuhle kakhulu, ebukeka.

Wayesethi uJonadaba kuye: Lala embhedeni wakho, uzishaye ogulayo; lapho eseza uyihlo ukukubona, uthi kuye: Ake kuze uTamari udadewethu , angiphe ukudla, akulungise ukudla emehlweni ami ukuba ngikubone , ngikudle esandleni sakhe.

kakhulu kangakanani, lapho abantu ababi bebulele umuntu olungileyo endlini yakhe embhedeni wakhe , angiyikubiza igazi lakhe esandleni senu , nginisuse emhlabeni, na?

Amadodana kaRimoni waseBeyeroti oRekabi noBahana ahamba , afika selishisa ilanga endlini ka-Ishi Bosheti ephumula embhedeni emini.

Babengenile-ke endlini esalele embhedeni ekamelweni lakhe , bamgwaza, bambulala, bamnquma ikhanda, bathatha ikhanda lakhe, bahamba ngendlela yase-Araba ubusuku bonke.

Angiyikungena etendeni lendlu yami; angiyikwenyukela embhedeni wami;

Bheka, ngiyamphonsa embhedeni , nabaphinga naye ngibaphonsa ekuhluphekeni okukhulu, uma bengaphenduki emisebenzini yakhe;

Ebusuku embhedeni wam i ngamfuna othandwa ngumphefumulo wami ; ngamfuna, kepha angimtholanga.

Ngithi kini : Ngalobo busuku kuyakuba khona ababili embhedeni munye ; omunye uyakuthathwa, omunye ashiywe.

Wayesemuka, waya endlini yakhe , wafumana umntwana elele embhedeni , idemoni liphumile. Isithulu esinamalimi siyaphiliswa (Math. 15:29)

Nxa abantu belwa , omunye ashaye omunye ngetshe noma ngenqindi yakhe, angafi kepha alale embhedeni,

Inkosi isibuya ensimini yendlu yenkosi , ingene endlini yedili lewayini , uHamani wayesewele embhedeni u -Esteri ayekuwo . Yayisithi inkosi : Uyakuyiphoqa inkosikazi phambi kwami lapha endlini na ? Lapho liphuma leli zwi emlonyeni wenkosi, bamboza ubuso bukaHamani.

Wabeka isithombe sakho emva kwezicabha nezinsika , wazambulela omunye kunami, wakhwela embhedeni , wawandisa, wavumelana nabo , wayithanda imibhede yabo, wazibonelela indawo.

Kepha kukhona uNkulunkulu ezulwini owambula izimfihlakalo ; wazisile inkosi uNebukadinesari okuyakuba khona ngezinsuku ezizayo. Iphupho lakho nemibono yekhanda lakho embhedeni wakho nakhu:

Ngase ngibona iphupho, langethusa; imicabango embhedeni wami nemibono yekhanda lami yangesabisa.

Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaBelishasari, inkosi yaseBabele , uDaniyeli wabona iphupho nemibono yekhanda lakhe embhedeni wakhe , waliloba iphupho , walanda inhloko yezindaba.

Kwase kushiwo kuJakobe ukuthi : Bheka, indodana yakho uJosefa iyeza kuwe. Wayeseziqinisa u-Israyeli, wahlala embhedeni.

UJakobe eseqedile ukuyala amadodana akhe waqoqela izinyawo zakhe embhedeni, wagqibuka, wabuthelwa kubantu bakhe.

Uyachichima njengamanzi, awuyikuba nabungqongqo, ngokuba wakhwela embhedeni kayihlo, wawona; wakhwela okhukhweni lwami.

Amadodana aseBabele afika kuye embhedeni wothando , amngcolisa ngobufebe bawo; esengcolisiwe yiwo umphefumulo wakhe wahlukana nawo.

wahlala embhedeni omuhle , itafula elilungisiweyo liphambi kwawo , owabeka kulo impepho yami namafutha ami.