2 IziKronike 1:7-13

Ngalobo busuku uNkulunkulu wabonakala kuSolomoni, wathi kuye: “Cela lokho engizakukunika khona.” USolomoni wasesithi kuNkulunkulu: Wena wenzele ubaba uDavida umusa omkhulu, wangimisa inkosi esikhundleni sakhe. Manje, Jehova Nkulunkulu, mawugcwaliseke isithembiso owasenza kubaba uDavide, ngoba ungenze inkosi phezu kwesizwe esingangothuli lomhlabathi ngobuningi. Khathesi ngiphe ukuhlakanipha lokwazi ukuze ngiphume ngingene phambi kwalababantu; ngoba ngubani ongahlulela lababantu bakho abakhulu kangaka? UNkulunkulu wathi kuSolomoni: “Ngenxa yokuthi kwakusenhliziyweni yakho, futhi awucelanga ingcebo, nengcebo, noma udumo, noma ukuphila kwezitha zakho, futhi awucelanga ukuphila isikhathi eside; kepha wacela ukuhlakanipha kwakho nokwazi kwakho ukuba wahlulele abantu bami engikubeke inkosi ngabo. Ukuhlakanipha nokwazi uyakuphiwa; ngiyakukunika ingcebo, nengcebo, nodumo, amakhosi angaphambi kwakho angazange abe nawo, angabikho omunye emva kwakho. USolomoni wayesesuka ohambweni lwakhe, waya endaweni ephakemeyo yaseGibeyoni, waya eJerusalema, esuka phambi kwetende lokuhlangana, wabusa phezu kuka-Israyeli.