28 UGali indodana ka-Ebhedi wathi: “Kanti ungubani u-Abhimeleki futhi uShekhemu yena uyini ukuthi sesingaze simkhonze? Kasindodana kaJerubhali+ yini futhi uZebhuli kasinduna yakhe enkulu na? Khonzani amadodana kaHamori uyise kaShekhemu! Kanti u-Abhimeleki siyabe simkhonzelani? 29 Ngabe abantu laba bebekhokhelwa yimi bengizamthathela ubukhosi u-Abhimeleki.” Waseseyisa u-Abhimeleki esithi: “Ngezelela ibutho lakho ubuye sizokulwa.”