17 Wasesithi: “Ngicela ukhulume leNkosi uSolomoni inginike u-Abhishagi+ waseShunemi abe ngumkami ngoba ayisoze yale nxa ingacelwa nguwe.”

22 INkosi uSolomoni yathi isizwa lokhu yathi kunina: “Kungani ucela ukuthi u-Abhishagi waseShunemi aphiwe u-Adonija? Nxa kunjalo mcelele lobukhosi+ ngoba ungumnewethu+ futhi u-Abhiyatha umphristi loJowabi+ indodana kaZeruya labo bayamsekela.”+