2 Ho ile ha feta nako e telele, lilemo tse 20 kaofela ho tloha letsatsing leo Areka e neng e fihla Kiriathe-jearime ka lona. Eaba batho bohle ba Iseraele ba qala ho kopa thuso* ho Jehova.+

8 Solomone a bitsa+ baholo ba Iseraele, lihlooho tsohle tsa maloko le likhosana tsa malapa a Iseraele.+ Ba tlisa areka ea selekane ea Jehova Jerusalema ho Morena Solomone ho tsoa Sione+ Motseng oa Davida.+

13 Davida a buisana le balaoli ba ba likete le ba ba makholo le baeta-pele bohle.+ 2 Davida a re ho phutheho eohle ea Iseraele: “Haeba le lumela ’me e le taba e amohelehang ho Jehova Molimo oa rona, e-reng re romele molaetsa ho bana ba bo rona ba setseng linaheng tsohle tsa Iseraele le ho baprista le Balevi ba metseng ea bona+ e nang le makhulo hore ba tle ho rona. 3 A re lateng Areka+ ea Molimo oa rona.” Ba ne ba sa e hlokomele mehleng ea Saule.+ 4 Phutheho eohle ea lumellana le taba eo hobane e ne e utloa e nepahetse. 5 Kahoo, Davida a bitsa Baiseraele bohle ho tloha nokeng* ea Egepeta ho ea fihla Lebo-hamathe*+ hore Areka ea Molimo oa ’nete e latoe Kiriathe-jearime.+