1 IziKronike 12:1 Manje laba yibo abeza kuDavide eSikilagi, ngesikhathi esagcina wasondela ngenxa kaSawule indodana kaKishi; amaqhawe, abasizi bempi. 12:2 Babehlome ngeminsalo, futhi babengasebenzisa kokubili isandla sokunene kanye wasala ejikijela amatshe nemicibisholo ecibishelayo ngomnsalo okaSawule abafowabo bakaBenjamini. 12:3 Inhloko kwakungu-Ahiyezeri, noJowashi, amadodana kaShemaha waseGibeya; noJeziyeli, noPheleti, amadodana ka-Azimaveti; noBheraka, noJehu the I-Antothite, 12:4 no-Ismaya waseGibeyoni, iqhawe phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu, owayephethe izikhulu. amashumi amathathu; noJeremiya, noJahaziyeli, noJohanani, noJosabadi indodana I-Gederathite, 12:5 U-Eluzayi, noJerimoti, noBeliya, noShemariya, noShefathiya indodana. I-Harufite, 12:6 u-Elkana, noJesiya, no-Azareli, noJozeri, noJashobeyamu, AmaKhori, 12:7 NoJoela, noZebadiya, amadodana kaJerohamu waseGedori. 12:8 Futhi kwabakwaGadi, lapho bahlukanisela uDavide enqabeni ehlane amadoda anamandla, namadoda empi alungele ukulwa, lokho eyayiphatha isihlangu nehawu, ubuso bayo babunjengobuso amabhubesi, ayenejubane njengezinsephe ezintabeni; 12:9 u-Ezeri inhloko, no-Obadiya owesibili, no-Eliyabe owesithathu, 12:10 uMishimana owesine, uJeremiya owesihlanu, 12:11 u-Athayi owesithupha, u-Eliyeli owesikhombisa, 12:12 uJohanani owesishiyagalombili, u-Elizabadi owesishiyagalolunye, 12:13 uJeremiya oweshumi, uMakibanayi oweshumi nanye. 12:14 Lawa kwakungamadodana kaGadi, izinduna zempi, omunye okungenani yayingaphezu kwekhulu, nenkulu ingaphezu kwenkulungwane. 12:15 Laba yibo ababewela iJordani ngenyanga yokuqala, lapho liwela ichichime lonke usebe lwakhe; baxosha bonke abasezigodini; ngasempumalanga nasentshonalanga. 12:16 Futhi kwafika abantwana bakwaBenjamini noJuda enqabeni UDavide. 12:17 UDavide waphuma ukubahlangabeza, waphendula, wathi kubo: "Uma nina woza kimi ngokuthula ukuba ungisize, inhliziyo yami inamathele kuwe; kepha uma nize ukungikhaphela ezitheni zami, kungekho bubi esandleni sami, uNkulunkulu wawobaba akubheke, akusole. 12:18 Khona-ke umoya wehlela phezu kuka-Amasayi, owayeyinduna yezinduna, futhi yena Wathi: “Singabakho, Davide, singakuwe, ndodana kaJese; ukuthula makube kuwe, nokuthula kubasizi bakho; ngoba uNkulunkulu wakho uyasiza wena. UDavide wabamukela, wabenza izinduna zeviyo. 12:19 Abanye bakwaManase bawela kuDavide, lapho efika nenkosi AmaFilisti amelana noSawule empini, kepha awabasizanga, ngokuba uJehova amakhosi amaFilisti acebisana ammukisa, esithi: Uyakwenza siwele enkosini yakhe uSawule, sibe sengozini yamakhanda ethu. 12:20 Kwathi esangena eSikilagi, kwawela kuye abakwaManase, no-Adina, noJozabadi, noJediyayeli, noMikayeli, noJozabadi, no-Elihu, noZiletayi, izinduna ezinkulungwaneni zakwaManase. 12:21 Futhi basiza uDavide ngokumelene iviyo labaphangi, ngoba bonke babe amaqhawe anamandla, nezinduna ekamu. 12:22 Ngoba ngaleso sikhathi kwafika usuku nosuku kuDavide ukumsiza, kwaze kwaba yilapho yayiyibutho elikhulu njengebutho likaNkulunkulu. 12:23 Futhi lezi izinombolo zamaqembu ayeselungele impi, weza kuDavide eHebroni ukuphendulela umbuso kaSawule kuye. ngokwezwi likaJehova. 12:24 Abantwana bakwaJuda ababephethe isihlangu nomkhonto babeyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha amakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, ehlomele impi. 12:25 Kubantwana bakwaSimeyoni, amaqhawe anamandla empini, eziyisikhombisa inkulungwane nekhulu. 12:26 Kubantwana bakwaLevi izinkulungwane ezine namakhulu ayisithupha. 12:27 Futhi uJehoyada wayengumholi ka-Aroni, futhi wayenaye abathathu inkulungwane namakhulu ayisikhombisa; 12:28 noSadoki, insizwa, iqhawe elinamandla nendlu kayise. izinduna ezingamashumi amabili nambili. 12:29 Kubantwana bakwaBenjamini, abafowabo bakaSawule, izinkulungwane ezintathu. ngoba kuze kube manje iningi labo laligcinile ibutho lendlu ka USawuli. 12:30 Kubantwana bakwa-Efrayimi izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, enamandla amadoda anamandla, anegama ezindlini zawoyise. 12:31 Futhi kwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili eshiwo ngegama, ukuba eze abeke uDavide inkosi. 12:32 Futhi kubantwana bakwa-Isakare, amadoda ayenengqondo lezikhathi, ukwazi lokho uIsrayeli afanele ukukwenza; amakhanda awo ayekhona amakhulu amabili; bonke abafowabo balandela umyalo wabo. 12:33 KwaZebuloni, abaphuma impi, uchwepheshe impi, kanye nabo bonke izikhali zempi, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, abangahlela impi; wenhliziyo embaxambili. 12:34 KwaNafetali, izinduna eziyinkulungwane, kanye nabo bephethe isihlangu nemikhonto. izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa. 12:35 Futhi kwabakwaDani abaqeqeshelwe impi, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili nesithupha ikhulu. 12:36 Futhi kwa-Asheri, abaphuma impi, abanolwazi impi, abangamashumi amane inkulungwane. 12:37 Futhi ngaphesheya kweJordani, kwabakwaRubeni, nabakwaGadi, futhi. enxenyeni yesizwe sakwaManase benezikhali zonke zempi impi, izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili. 12:38 Wonke la madoda empi, ababekwazi ukugcina isikhundla, beza ngenhliziyo ephelele ukuze eHebroni, ukuze abeke uDavide inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke, futhi bonke abanye U-Israyeli wayenhliziyonye yokubeka uDavide inkosi. 12:39 Babe lapho noDavide izinsuku ezintathu, bedla, bephuza abafowabo babebalungisele. 12:40 Futhi labo ababeseduze nabo, kuze kwa-Isakare, noZebuloni, futhi UNafetali waletha isinkwa ngezimbongolo, namakamela, neminyuzi, njalonjalo izinkabi, nenyama, nempuphu, namaqebelengwane amakhiwane, nezithungu zamagilebhisi omisiwe, newayini; namafutha, nezinkabi, nezimvu eziningi, ngokuba kwakukhona ukuthokoza kwa-Israyeli.