17 Jonathani waphindze wenta Davide kutsi asicinise kabusha sifungo sakhe sekutsi uyamtsandza, ngobe Jonathani abetsandza Davide njengobe atitsandza yena.
“Ngiyakukhalela, mnaketfu Jonathani, bewuligugu kimi! Lutsandvo lwakho kimi belumangalisa, lumangalisa kwendlula lwalabasikati.
Umngani unelutsandvo ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi; kantsi umnakenu utalelwe kutsi netfwalisane naye tinhlupheko.
Labanye bangani bayakuhlamuka; kodvwa labanye bangani basondzela kakhulu kwengca banakenu bengati.
Gedaliya, umsa wa-Ahikamu, umsa waShafani, wafunga kubo nakulamadvodza abo, watsi: “Ningesabi kukhonta emaBhabhulona. Yakhani lapha eveni nihlehle enkhosini yaseBhabhulona, kutabe sekunihambela kahle-ke.
“Nangabe umnakenu, nome indvodzana yakho, nome indvodzakati yakho, nome umkakho lomtsandzako, nome umnganakho lomkhulu akuwunga ngasense atsi: ‘Asambe siyewukhonta labanye bonkulunkulu,’ leningazange senibati nine naboyihlo,
Emvakwekuba Davide akhulume naSawula, Jonathani waba ngumoya munye naDavide, ngobe wamtsandza njengobe atitsandza yena.
Jonathani wenta sivumelwane naDavide, ngobe abemtsandza njengobe abetitsandza yena.