1. Ke kaloku, xa uDavide wayesel' aluphele, ehambisekile ebudaleni, wamenza uSolomon unyana wakhe ukumkani kumaSirayeli.
2. Wabahlanganisa bonke abathetheli bamaSirayeli, nababingeleli, nabaLevi.
3. Babalwa abaLevi, kwathatyathelwa kwabaminyaka imashumi mathathu bezelwe kwenyusa. Inani labo ngokweentloko zabo, indoda ngendoda, laba ngamashumi amathathu anesibhozo amawaka.
4. Kubo aba, abokongamela umsebenzi wendlu kaYehova baba ngamashumi amabini anamané amawaka; ababhali nabagwebi bangamawaka amathandathu.