19 Kamuva uNahashi inkosi yama-Amoni washona, indodana yakhe yabusa esikhundleni sakhe. + 2 UDavide wathi: “Ngizombonisa uthando oluqotho + uHanuni indodana kaNahashi ngoba uyise wangibonisa uthando oluqotho.” Ngakho uDavide wathumela izithunywa ukuba ziyomduduza ngenxa yokushona kukayise. Kodwa lapho izinceku zikaDavide zifika ezweni lama-Amoni + zizoduduza uHanuni, 3 izikhulu zama-Amoni zathi kuHanuni: “Ucabanga ukuthi uDavide udumisa uyihlo ngokuthumela abantu abazokududuza? Akukhona yini ukuthi izinceku zakhe zize kuwe ngoba efuna ukwenza uphenyo ezweni, alihlolisise futhi akugumbuqele?” 4 Ngakho uHanuni wathatha izinceku zikaDavide wazishefa izintshebe, + wasika izingubo zazo ukusuka ezinqeni kwehle, wayesezidedela zahamba. 5 Lapho uDavide etshelwa ngala madoda, ngaso leso sikhathi wathumela abanye ukuba bayowahlangabeza, ngoba ayelulazeke kakhulu; inkosi yathi kuwo: “Hlalani eJeriko + zize zikhule izintshebe zenu, bese niyabuya.”