31 Waxelelwa uDavide kwathiwa: “Naye uAhitofele ukwicala labavukeli kunye noAbhasalom.” Ke uDavide wathandaza wathi: “Uzuwaphanzise, Ndikhoyo, amacebo ka-Ahitofele!”
32 Uthe uDavide xa aqabela encochoyini yenduli, efika apho kwakunqulwa khona, wafika elindelwe nguHushayi umArki, etsho ngezambatho ezikrazukileyo, intloko inomhlaba.
33 UDavide wathi kuye: “Akukho nto uya kundinceda ngayo xa uhamba kunye nam.
34 Kanti ke xa ubuyela kwasesixekweni uya kundinceda uphanzise amacebo ka-Ahitofele, ufike uthi kuAbhasalom: ‘Ndisisicaka sakho, mhlekazi kumkani! Bendifudula ndisisicaka sikayihlo, kodwa ngoku ndisisicaka sakho.’
35 UZadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli uya kufika bekho nako; uze uyixele kubo yonke intshukumo yakomkhulu.
36 Bakho nabo ooAhimazi unyana kaZadoki noJonatan unyana ka-Abhiyatare; wondazisa ngako konke okuvileyo komkhulu.”
37 Wenjenjeya uHushayi, umhlobo kaDavide, ukuya esixekweni, waya kufika kanye xa uAbhasalom angenayo eJerusalem.