10 Ke kaloku uDavide waya kuphumla kunye nooyise-mkhulu, waza wafihlwa kwisixeko sikaDavide.
11 KwaSirayeli walawula iminyaka engamashumi amane. Yaba yiminyaka esixhenxe eHebron, yangamashumi mathathu anantathu eJerusalem.
12 USolomon ke wangena esihlalweni sikayise uDavide, lwaza ulawulo lwakhe lwazinza.
13 Ke kaloku uAdoniya, unyana kaHagiti, waya kuBhashebha, unina kaSolomon. Ke yena uBhasheba wathi: “Ngaba uza ngoxolo na?”UAdoniya waphendula wathi: “Ewe, ndiza ngoxolo.”
14 Waphinda wathi: “Kukho into endifuna ukuyithetha kuwe.”UBhashebha wathi: “Kulungile; thetha.”
15 Waqhuba uAdoniya wathi: “Njengoko usazi ulawulo yayilolwam, uSirayeli wonke ekhangele kum njengokumkani wakhe. Kodwa izinto zajika, ulawulo lwajika lwawela kumntakwethu uSolomon; nto leyo ke yamiselwa *nguNdikhoyo.
16 Kambe ke ngoku ndinasicelo sinye endifuna ukusenza kuwe; uze uncede ungasikhabi.”UBhashebha waphendula wathi: “Kulungile; thetha ndive.”