43 Noko ke, amadoda akwaSirayeli awaphendula amadoda akwaYuda aza athi: “Thina sineenxalenye ezilishumi kukumkani,+ kangangokuba kwanakuDavide singaphezu kwenu. Kutheni, ke, ukuze nisiphathe ngendelelo, yaye kutheni ukuze lo mbandela wethu ungaqali+ kuthi wokuba kubuyiswe ukumkani wethu?” Kodwa ilizwi lamadoda akwaYuda laliqatha ngakumbi kunelizwi lamadoda akwaSirayeli.