2 Samuweli 4:1-12

Kwathi indodana kaSawule isizwile ukuthi u-Abineri ufile eHebroni, izandla zakhe zaba buthakathaka, nabakwa-Israyeli bonke bakhathazeka. Indodana kaSawule yayinamadoda amabili ayeyizinhloko zamaviyo; igama lenye lalinguBahana, igama lenye lalinguRegabi, amadodana kaRimoni waseBeyeroti wabantwana bakwaBenjamini; ngokuba iBeroti labalwa kanye noBenjamini; (AbaseBeyeroti babalekela eGitayimi, baba ngabafokazi khona kuze kube namuhla.) UJonathani indodana kaSawule wayenendodana elunyonga ezinyaweni zakhe. Wayeneminyaka eyisihlanu lapho kufika umbiko ngoSawule noJonathani uvela eJizreyeli, umzanyana wakhe wamphakamisa, wabaleka; kwathi lapho ebaleka ngokuphangisa, wawa waba yisishosha. Igama lakhe lalinguMefibosheti. Amadodana kaRimoni waseBheroti, uRekabi noBahana, ahamba afika endlini ka-Ishi Bosheti elele embhedeni emini enkulu. Basebefika lapho phakathi kwendlu, kungathi bayolanda ukolweni; bamshaya esikhunjeni sesihlanu, uRegabi noBhana umfowabo babaleka. Kwathi bengena endlini, wayelele embhedeni wakhe ekamelweni lakhe lokulala, bamshaya, bambulala, bamnquma ikhanda, bathatha ikhanda lakhe babahudula ethafeni ubusuku bonke. Baliletha ikhanda lika-Ishi Bosheti kuDavide eHebroni, bathi enkosini: “Nanti ikhanda lika-Ishi Bosheti indodana kaSawule, isitha sakho ebesifuna ukuphila kwakho; uJehova uyiphindisele namuhla inkosi yami, inkosi kuSawule nasenzalweni yakhe. UDavide wabaphendula uRekabi noBahana umfowabo, amadodana kaRimoni waseBeyeroti, wathi kubo: “Kuphila kukaJehova owuhlengile umphefumulo wami osizini lonke! Lapho othile engitshela lokhu ethi: “Bheka, uSawule ufile, ngokuba ebethi ulethe umbiko omuhle; Kakhulu kangakanani kunokuba abantu ababi babulale olungileyo endlini yakhe embhedeni wakhe? Angiyikulibiza manje igazi lakhe esandleni senu, nginisuse emhlabeni na? UDavide wayala izinsizwa zakhe, zababulala, zabanquma izandla nezinyawo, zabaphanyeka ngasechibini laseHebroni. Kodwa balithatha ikhanda lika-Ishi Bosheti, balimbela ethuneni lika-Abineri eHebroni.