6 Kodvwa Jowabe abengakabafaki laba besive sakaLevi nesakaBhenjamini, ngobe abengavumelani nalesento senkhosi.
Watsi kube Abneri efike eHebroni, Jowabe wamdvonsela nganhlanye esangweni, kwaba shangatsi kukhona lafuna kutsi akukhulume ngasemasitseleni. Khona lapho, wabe sewumgwaza esiswini, wafa. Ngako Abneri wabulawelwa kutsi naye abebulale Asaheli, umnakaboJowabe.
Lesento futsi sasisibi ngisho nasemehlweni aNkulunkulu; ngako Nkulunkulu wawajezisa ema-Israyeli.
Jowabe, umsa waSeruya, wacala wabala emadvodza, kodvwa wangete wacedza. Nkulunkulu watfukutselela ema-Israyeli ngenca yalolubalo, nalemiphumela ayizange ifakwe encwadzini yemilandvo yenkhosi Davide.