25 UDavida wathi esizwa lokho waphendula isithunywa wathi: “Hamba uyetshela uJowabi uthi: ‘Ungavumi ukuthi okwenzakeleyo kukukhathaze ngoba inkemba kayikhethi, ibulala loba ngubani. Bophani ziqine lihlasele idolobho lilinqobe.’+ Umqinise uJowabi.”

20 Ekuqaliseni komnyaka,* ngesikhathi amakhosi ahamba ngaso ukuyahlasela, uJowabi+ wakhokhela ibutho wayatshabalalisa ilizwe lama-Amoni. Bafika eRabha+ bayivimbezela, kodwa uDavida yena wayesele eJerusalema.+ UJowabi wahlasela iRabha wayidiliza.+