2. Dawuda kuwa ya haura zuwa can tare da matansa biyu, wato Ahinowam Bayezreyeliya, da Abigail matar marigayi Nabal Bakarmele.
3. Ya kuma tafi tare da mutanen da suke tare da shi, kowa da iyalinsa. Suka zauna a garuruwan Hebron.
4. Mutanen Yahuza kuwa suka zo, suka naɗa Dawuda da man naɗawa domin ya zama Sarkin Yahuza.Da Dawuda ya ji labari mutanen Yabesh-gileyad, sun binne Saul,
5. sai ya aiki manzanni da saƙo wurin mutanen Yabesh-gileyad ya ce, “Ubangiji ya sa muku albarka da yake kun yi wa Saul, ubangijinku, wannan alheri, har kuka binne shi.
6. Ubangiji ya nuna muku ƙaunarsa da amincinsa. Ni kuwa zan yi muku alheri saboda abin da kuka yi.
7. Yanzu sai ku ƙarfafa, ku yi jaruntaka, gama Saul shugabanku ya rasu, mutanen Yahuza kuwa sun naɗa ni sarkinsu.”
8. Abner kuwa ɗan Ner, sarkin yaƙin Saul, ya tsere da Ish-boshet, ɗan Saul, zuwa Mahanayim.
9. Ya naɗa shi Sarkin Gileyad, da Ashiru, da Yezreyel, da Ifraimu, da ƙasar Biliyaminu, da dukan Isra'ila.
10. Ish-boshet, ɗan Saul, yana da shekara arba'in sa'ad da ya ci sarautar Isra'ila, ya yi shekara biyu yana sarauta. Amma mutanen Yahuza suka bi Dawuda.
11. Dawuda ya yi shekara bakwai da rabi yana sarautar Yahuza a Hebron.
12. Abner, ɗan Ner, tare da fādawan Ish-boshet, ɗan Saul, suka tashi daga Mahanayim zuwa Gibeyon.
13. Sai kuma Yowab, ɗan Zeruya, tare da fādawan Dawuda suka fita suka tafi tarye su a tafkin Gibeyon. Suka zauna, waɗannan a wannan gefe, waɗancan a wancan gefe na tafkin.
14. Sai Abner ya ce wa Yowab, “Bari samarin su tashi su yi kokawa a gabanmu.”Yowab kuwa ya ce, “To, sai su tashi.”
15. Sai suka tashi, suka haye. Mutum goma sha biyu a madadin mutanen Biliyaminu da Ish-boshet, ɗan Saul, mutum goma sha biyu kuma a madadin mutanen Dawuda.
16. Kowa ya kama abokin kokawarsa a kā, suka soki juna a kwiɓi da takuba. Suka faɗi tare. Aka sa wa wurin suna Helkat-hazzurim, wato filin takuba, wurin yana nan a Gibeyon.
17. Yaƙin kuwa ya yi zafi a ranar. Mutanen Dawuda suka ci Abner da mutanen Isra'ila.
18. 'Ya'yan Zeruya, maza, su uku suna nan, wato Yowab, da Abishai, da Asahel. Asahel maguji ne kamar barewa.
19. Sai ya tasar wa bin Abner haiƙan, bai kauce ba.
20. Da Abner ya waiga, sai ya ce, “Kai ne Asahel?”Ya amsa, “Ni ne.”