UHadadi esezwile eGibithe ukuthi uDavide ulele koyise nokuthi uJowabe induna yempi ufile, uHadadi wathi kuFaro: Ngivumele ukuba ngihambe ngiye ezweni lakithi.

UJefta wathuma izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa -Amoni, wathi: Unamsebenzi muni nami ukuba uze kimi ukulwa nezwe lakithi na?

Inkosi yabantwana bakwa -Amoni yath i kuzo izithunywa zikaJefta : Ngokuba u-Israyeli walithatha izwe lakithi ekukhuphukeni kwakhe eGibithe , kusukela e -Arinoni kuze kube seJaboki naseJordani , buyisani lawo mazwe ngokuthula.

Abantu bambona, bamtusa unkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba bathi: Unkulunkulu wethu unikele esandleni sethu isitha sethu nomchithi wezwe lakithi obulele abaningi phakathi kwethu.

izimbali ziyabonakala emhlabeni, nesikhathi sokuthena imivini sesisondele, nezwi lehobhe liyezwakala ezweni lakithi.

kepha uye ezweni lakithi nas ezihlotsheni zami, uyithathele khona indodana yami u-Isaka umfazi.

Kwathi uRaheli esemzalile uJosefa , uJakobe wathi kuLabani : Ngimukise ukuba ngiye endaweni yami ezweni lakithi.

Wakhuleka kuJehova , wathi: Ngiyakuncenga, Jehova; lokho kwakungesilo izwi lami ngisekhona ezweni lakithi na ? Ngalokho ngak wandulela ngokubalekela eTharishishi , ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi unguNkulunkulu onomusa nobumnene , wephuza ukuthukuthela , unesihe esikhulu , uzisola ngokubi;

Amalunga ethu nabo bonke abakhileyo ezweni lakithi bakhuluma kithi , bathi: Phathani ezandleni zenu umphako wendlela , niye nibahlangabeze , nithi kubo: Siyizinceku zenu; manenze isivumelwano nathi.

Ukuthula kuyakuba yilokhu : lapho umAsiriya engena ezweni lakithi , anyathele ezindlini zethu zobukhosi, siyakumvusela abelusi abayisikhombisa nezikhulu zabantu eziyisishiyagalombili.

Bayakuchitha izwe lase -Asiriya ngenkemba, nezwe lakwaNimrode ezintubeni zalo, asophule kumAsiriya, lapho engena ezweni lakithi , nalapho enyathela emikhawulweni yethu.

Wathi kuye : Angiyikuhamba; kepha ngiyakusuka , ngiye ezweni lakithi nasezihlotsheni zami.