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.