19. “UNkulunkulu wami makangenqabele ukuba ngenze lokhu; ngiyakuphuza igazi lalaba bantu ababe sengozini na?” Ngokuba bawaletha besengozini; akavumanga ukuwaphuza. Lezo zinto zenziwa yilawa maqhawe amathathu.
20. U-Abishayi umfowabo kaJowabe wayeyinhloko yabathathu, ngokuba waphakamisela abangamakhulu amathathu umkhonto wakhe, wababulala, waba negama phakathi kwalaba abathathu.
21. Kulaba abathathu wayetusekile kunababili, waba yisikhulu sabo, kepha akafinyelelanga kwabathathu bokuqala.
22. NoBenaya indodana kaJehoyada, indodana yendoda enamandla, owayenze imisebenzi emikhulu, owaseKabiseyeli, wabulala amaqhawe amabili akwaMowabi; futhi wehla, wabulala ingonyama phakathi komgodi ngosuku lweqhwa.
23. Wabulala nowaseGibithe, umuntu omude, eyizingalo eziyisihlanu; esandleni sowaseGibithe kwakukhona umkhonto onjengogongolo lomaluki; wehlela kuye ephethe induku nje, wawuhlwitha umkhonto esandleni sowaseGibithe, wambulala ngomkhonto wakhe.
24. Lezo zinto wazenza uBenaya indodana kaJehoyada, waba negama phakathi kwalawo maqhawe amathathu.
25. Bheka, wayetusekile kunabangamashumi amathathu, kepha akafinyelelanga kwabathathu bokuqala; uDavide wambeka phezu kwabalindi bakhe.
26. Amaqhawe anamandla nanka: u-Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe, no-Elihanani indodana kaDodo waseBetlehema,
27. noShamoti waseHarori, noHelesi wasePheloni,
28. no-Ira indodana ka-Ikheshi waseThekhowa, no-Abiyezeri wase-Anathoti,
29. noSibekayi umHushati, no-Ilayi umAhohi,
30. noMaharayi waseNethofa, noHeledi indodana kaBahana waseNethofa,
31. no-Ithayi indodana kaRibayi waseGibeya labantwana bakwaBenjamini, noBenaya wasePirathoni,
32. noHurayi wangasemifudlaneni yakwaGahashi, no-Abiyeli wase-Araba,
33. no-Azimaveti waseBaharumi, no-Eliyaba waseShahaliboni,
34. namadodana kaHashemi waseGizoni, noJonathani indodana kaShage waseHarari,
35. no-Ahiyamu indodana kaSakri waseHarari, no-Elifali indodana ka-Uri,