6 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, ema-Amoni abona kutsi sekaliphunga lelibi kuDavide, ngako acasha emasotja emaSiriya lahlala eBhethi-rehobu+ nalahlala eSobha.+ Bekangu-20 000 emasotja lebekahamba ngetinyawo; inkhosi yaseMakha+ yona beyihamba nalangu-1 000; lasuka e-Ishithobi* bekangu-12 000.+

8 Ema-Amoni aphuma futsi atihlela aba libutfo lemphi ekungeneni kwalelidolobha. Ngesikhatsi lesifananako, libutfo lemaSiriya aseSobha kanye nelemaSiriya aseRehobu nelase-Ishithobi* kanye nelaseMakha bekeme odvwana endzaweni levulekile.