37 Kwathi ekuseni, lapho iwayini seliphumile kuNabali, umkakhe wamtshela lezo zinto, inhliziyo yakhe yafa phakathi kwakhe, waba njengetshe.
38 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyishumi uJehova wamshaya uNabali, wafa.
39 UDavide esezwile ukuthi uNabali ufile, wathi: “Makabusiswe uJehova omele indaba yehlazo lami esandleni sikaNabali, ovimbele inceku yakhe ebubini, wabuyisela ububi bukaNabali ekhanda lakhe.” UDavide wathumela wakhuluma ku-Abigayili ukuba amthathe abe ngumkakhe.
40 Izinceku zikaDavide sezifikile ku-Abigayili eKarmeli, zakhuluma kuye, zathi: “UDavide usithumile kuwe ukuba akuthathe, ube ngumkakhe.”
41 Wasukuma, wakhothama, ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi, wathi: “Bheka, incekukazi yakho mayibe yisigqilakazi sokugeza izinyawo zezinceku zenkosi yami.”
42 U-Abigayili washesha wasuka, wakhwela imbongolo kanye nezintombi zakhe ezazihamba naye; wazilandela izithunywa zikaDavide, waba ngumkakhe.
43 UDavide wathatha no-Ahinohama waseJizreyeli; baba ngomkakhe bobabili.