23 Base babikela inkhosi, batsi: “Kukhona umphrofethi Nathani, lapha ngephandle.” Ngako Nathani waya wangena enkhosini, wefika wakhotsama abhekise buso bakhe phansi.
Bhatisheba wakhotsama waguca embikwenkhosi. Inkhosi yambuta yatsi: “Ufunani?”
Watsi asakhuluma nenkhosi, kwefika Nathani, umphrofethi.
Nathani wakhuluma watsi: “Nkhosi, ngitewubuta kutsi Adoniya sewumbeke kuba yinkhosi yini emvakwakho, nekutsi sewutawuhlala esihlalweni sakho sebukhosi yini?
Bonkhe banikeni lokubafanele: umtselo kulofanelwe ngumtselo, inkhokhelo kulofanele kukhokhelwa; mesabeni lofanele kwesatjwa, nihloniphe lofanele kuhlonishwa.
Hloniphani bonkhe bantfu, nitsandze bazalwane, nesabe Nkulunkulu, nihloniphe uMbusi.
Watsi kube lomfana ahambe, Davide wesuka lapho eningizimu nelitje, wakhotsamela Jonathani katsatfu, abhekise buso bakhe phansi. Base bayangana, bakhala bobabili, kodvwa Davide wakhala kakhulu.