5. Yaba Davida o romela manqosa ho banna ba Jabeshe-Gileade, a re: Le ke le hlohonolofatswe ke Jehova, kahobane le etseditse Saule, morena wa lona, molemo, le bile le mo epetse.
6. Jehova a le etse jwalo ka mohau le ka nnete; le nna ke tla le etsetsa molemo, kahobane le entse hoo.
7. Jwale, tiisang matsoho a lona, le etse ka senna; hobane haele Saule, morena wa lona, o timetse, mme nna ba ntlo ya Juda ba ntlotsitse hore ke be morena wa bona.
8. Empa Abnere, mora Nere, molaodi wa makgotla a Saule, a nka Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, a mo tshedisetsa Mahanaime.
9. Teng, a mmea morena wa Gileade, le wa Bageshure le wa Jisreele, le wa Efraime, le wa Benjamine, le wa Baiseraele bohle.
10. Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, o ne a le dilemo tse mashome a mane ha a qala ho busa Israele, mme a busa ka lemo tse pedi. Ke ba ntlo ya Juda feela ba kileng ba latela Davida.
11. Haele bongata ba tshiu tseo Davida a busitseng ntlo ya Juda ka tsona a le Hebrone, ke dilemo tse supileng tse nang le kgwedi tse tsheletseng.
12. Abnere, mora Nere, ba ena le bahlanka ba Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, ba tloha Mahanaime, ba ya Gibeone.
13. Le Joabe, mora Tseruja, ba ena le bahlanka ba Davida, ba tswa, ba ya teana le bona letsheng la Gibeone; bana ba ema ka kwano ho letsha, bao ba ema ka nqane ho letsha.