5 Inkhosi yabese inika boJowabe, Abishayi na-Ithayi umyalo lotsi: “Niliphatse kahle lelijaha lelingu-Absalomu. Loko nibokwentela mine.”+ Onkhe lalamanye emadvodza eva ngalesikhatsi inkhosi iniketa tonkhe letindvuna lomyalo lomayelana na-Absalomu.

14 Nakeva loko, Jowabe watsi: “Ngeke ngichubeke ngicitsa sikhatsi sami nawe!” Ngako watsatsa tikhali letintsatfu esandleni sakhe wagwaza ngato Absalomu enhlitiyweni asekulesihlahla asaphila.