23 Jowabe wesuka lapho waya eGeshuri, wabuya na-Absalomu wamletsa eJerusalema.
Jowabe wakhotsamisa buso bakhe wabubhekisa phansi emhlabatsini, ahlonipha inkhosi, ayibusisa. Jowabe watsi: “Lamuhla sengiyati kutsi ngizuze umusa emehlweni akho, nkhosi yami, ngobe inkhosi isemukele sicelo senceku yayo.”
Yesibili bekunguKhileyabi, umsa wa-Abigayili, umfelokati waNabali waseKhameli. Yesitsatfu bekungu-Absalomu, umsa waMakha, indvodzakati yaThalmayi, inkhosi yaseGeshuri.
Jayire, umsa waManase, watsatsa sonkhe sifundza sase-Agobhu, kuze kuyewufika emnyeleni wemaGeshuri nemaMakhathi. Leyo ndzawo wayetsa ngaye; kuze kube ngulamuhla iBhashani yatiwa ngekutsi yiHavothi Jayire.