23 Wasuka ke uJowabhi wenjenjeya ukusinga eGeshuri, esiya kulanda uAbhasalom, weza naye eJerusalem.
24 Akuba efikile ukumkani wathi: “Makaye kuzihlalela endlwini yakhe uAbhasalom; akafuneki nganto apha kum ebhotwe.” Waya kuzihlalela emzini wakhe ke uAbhasalom, akaba savela phambi kokumkani.
25 Kwakungekho bani wayenokufaniswa noAbhasalom ngobunzwana kuye wonke uSirayeli. Wayeyinzwana engenasiphako ukusuka entendeni yonyawo lwakhe kuye kutsho phezulu entloko.
26 Wayesithi akucheba intloko (nto leyo wayeyenza minyaka le, kuba zazisuka zibe nde kakhulu iinwele zakhe) aziveyishe ezo nwele, zibe sisibini seekhilogram ubunzima ngokomlinganiselo owawusetyenziswa komkhulu.
27 Wayenoonyana abathathu uAbhasalom, kunye nentombi eyayinguTamare igama, inzwakazi enomkhitha.
28 Kwadlula iminyaka emibini eseJerusalem uAbhasalom, kodwa engekabonani nokumkani.
29 Ke uAbhasalom wabiza uJowabhi ukuze amthume kukumkani. Wala ukuza yena uJowabhi. Waphinda wathumela okwesibini, wala kwakhona uJowabhi.