18 Omnye ke kubalindi waphendula waza wathi: “Khangela! Ndiyibonile indlela unyana kaYese waseBhetelehem anobuchule ngayo ekudlaleni,+ yaye uyindoda elikroti,+ enamandla nendoda yemfazwe+ nesithethi esinengqiqo+ nendoda emile kakuhle,+ yaye uYehova unaye.”+

18 Bonke abakhonzi bakhe bawela ecaleni kwakhe; kwaye onke amaKereti nawo onke amaPeleti+ nawo onke amaGati,+ amadoda angamakhulu amathandathu awayemlandela ukusuka eGati,+ awela phambi kobuso bukakumkani.

8 Ngawo la amagama amadoda kaDavide anamandla:+ uYoshebhi-bhashebheti+ umTahakemoni, intloko kwabathathu. Wayevonyavonya umkhonto wakhe phezu kwamakhulu asibhozo abulawa ngasihlandlo sinye.

18 Ke yena uAbhishayi+ umntakwabo Yowabhi unyana kaTseruya,+ wayeyintloko yamashumi amathathu, kwaye wayevonyavonya umkhonto wakhe phezu kwamakhulu amathathu abuleweyo, yaye naye wayedume njengabo bathathu.+

26 Ke kumadoda anamandla omkhosi wamajoni, kwakukho uAsaheli+ umntakwabo Yowabhi, uElihanan+ unyana kaDodo waseBhetelehem,