De kwakutshanje, abaphengululi abaninzi bebekuthandabuza ukuchana kwengxelo yeBhayibhile ephathelele uhlanga lwakwaEdom olwalusilwa noSirayeli ngexesha lokulawula kukaDavide. (2 Samuweli 8:13, 14) Bathi ngelo xesha amaEdom ayeliqaqobana nje labelusi, ayengeloqela likhulu ngokwaneleyo yaye ayengenamandla ngokokude acel’ umngeni amaSirayeli de kwadlula iminyaka eliqela. Noko ke, ngokophando lwakutshanje lwabembi bezinto zakudala, kubonakala ukuba “amaEdom ayeluhlanga olukhulu kwakude kudala [ngokwahlukileyo kwindlela ebekucingwa ngayo ngaphambili], kanye njengokuba iBhayibhile ibonisa,” litsho njalo inqaku elikwiphephancwadi iBiblical Archaeology Review. 2:21 Kuma wannan zai faru a wannan rana: Zan saurari a hankali,"In ji Ubangiji. "Zan ji sammai, kuma za su ji da ƙasa. Time in the olden times was measured by the sun (ilanga). The Xhosa people observed the natural cycles of changes of the day and events which accompanied these changes. For example, the early dawn was described by the names of the stars which appeared at dawn. Morning again was marked by the activities of the day. For example, mid-morning (intlazane) was marked by the return of the cattle from the fields for milking. The position of the sun played an important factor in naming time as well; e.g. noon was termed emini emaqanda, which means that the eggs would have been laid. This traditional concept of African time was changed by the Western concept of clock time.