13. UDavide wammema: wadla, wasela phambi kwakhe; wamnxilisa. Waphuma ngokuhlwa, waya kulala esililini sakhe nabakhonzi benkosi yakhe; akehla aye endlwini yakhe.
14. Kwathi kusasa, uDavide wabhala incwadi kuYowabhi, wayithumela ngesandla sikaUriya.
15. Wabhala ke encwadini, wathi, Mbekeni u-Uriya kweyona ndawo ishushu, angásisichenge kuyo emfazweni, nibuye umva, ukuze abinzwe afe.
16. Kwathi, ekuwungqingeni kukaYowabhi umzi lowo, wambeka u-Uriya kwindawo abesazi ukuba akuyo amadoda angamakroti.
17. Aphuma amadoda aloo mzi, alwa noYowabhi; kwawa abantu kubakhonzi bakaDavide; wafa noUriya umHeti.
18. Wathumela uYowabhi kuDavide, wamxelela zonke iindaba zemfazwe.