26 U-Ehudi wabaleka ngesikhathi zisariyada, wadlula eenthombeni ezibaziweko* bewafika ngokuphephileko eSeyira.+ 27 Kwathi nakafikako, wavuthela iphondo+ esifundeni seentaba zakwa-Efrayimu;+ ama-Israyeli ehla esifundeni seentaba, yena awadosa phambili.

10 U-Absalomu wathumela iinhloli kizo zoke iintjhaba zakwa-Israyeli, wathi: “Msinyana nanizwa itjhada lepalapala, nirhuwelele nithi, ‘U-Absalomu sekayikosi eRhebroni!’”+