SAURO anoedzazve kubata Dhavhidhi. Anotora 3 000 amasoja ake ari magamba ndokundomutsvaka. Panonzwa Dhavhidhi izvi, anotuma tsori kundonzwa padzika misasa Sauro navanhu vake usikuhwo. Ipapo Dhavhidhi anokumbira vairi vavarume vake: ʼNdoupi wenyu achaenda neni kumusasa waSauro?ʼ

Abhishai anoti: ʼIni.ʼ Abhishai mwanakomana wehanzvadzi yaDhavhidhi Zeruya. Apo Sauro navarume vake vavete, Dhavhidhi naAbhishai vanopinda chinyararire mumusasa. Vanononga pfumo raSauro nechirongo chake chemvura, chiri parutivi pomusoro wake chaipo. Hapana anovaona, anovanzwa nokuti vose vakabatwa kwazvo nehope.

Chiona Dhavhidhi naAbhishai zvino. Vava kure, vakakotsekana pamsoro pechikomo. Dhavhidhi anodanidzira kupasi kumukuru weuto raIsraeri: ʼAbhineri, unoregerereiko kutaviridza tenzi wako, mambo? Tarira! Pfumo rake nechirongo chake chemvura zviri kupiko?ʼ

Sauro anomuka. Anoziva inzwi raDhavhidhi, ndokubvunza kuti: ʼNdiwe here Dhavhidhi?ʼ Ungaona Sauro naAbhineri pasi apo here?

ʼHongu, she wangu mambo,ʼ Dhavhidhi anopindura Sauro. Uye Dhavhidhi anobvunza kuti: ʼMunoedzereiko kundibata? Chinhuiko chakaipa chandakaita? Heri pfumo renyu, O mambo. Mumwe wavarume venyu ngaauye agoritora.ʼ

ʼNdakanganisa,ʼ Sauro anobvuma. ʼNdakaita noupenzi.ʼ Ipapo Dhavhidhi anoenda, uye Sauro anodzoka kumusha. Asi Dhavhidhi anoti: ʼRimwe ramazuva aya Sauro achandiuraya. Ndinofanira kutizira kunyika yavaFiristia.ʼ Ndozvaanoita. Dhavhidhi anonyengedza vaFiristia kuti vadavire kuti zvino ari kurutivi rwavo.

Imwe nguva pashure vaFiristia vanokwira kundorwisana naIsraeri. Muhondoyo, Sauro naJonatani vanourawa vose. Ikoku kunosuruvarisa kwazvo Dhavhidhi, ndokunyora rwiyo rwakanaka, maanoimba kuti: ʼIni ndinokusuruvarira, muninʼina wangu Jonatani. Waidikanwa sei neni!ʼ

Pashure paikoku Dhavhidhi anodzokera kuIsraeri kuguta reHebroni. Kune hondo pakati pavarume vanosarudza mwana waSauro Ishi-bosheti kuva mambo navamwe varume vanoda Dhavhidhi kuva mambo. Asi varume vaDhavhidhi vanokunda. Dhavhidhi ava namakore 30 paanoitwa mambo. Kwamakore manomwe nehafu anobata ushe muHebroni. Vamwe vavanakomana vaanoberekerwa vanonzi Amnoni, Abhisaromi naAdhoniya.

Nguva inosvika apo Dhavhidhi navarume vake vanondotapa guta rakaisvonaka rinonzi Jerusarema. Joabhi, mumwe mwana wehanzvadzi yaDhavhidhi Zeruya, anotungamirira muhondoyo. Dhavhidhi anotusa Joabhi nokumuita mukuru weuto rake, Zvino Dhavhidhi anovamba kubata ushe muguta reJerusarema.