24 Kodvwa inkhosi yatsi: “Kufanele ahambe aye endlini kakhe, akukafaneli abonane nebuso bami.” Ngako Absalomu wavele waya endlini kakhe, wangete wabonana nebuso benkhosi.
Kodvwa Juda wamphendvula watsi: “Leya ndvodza yasiyalisisa yatsi: ‘Ningeke ningibone ngisho nekungibona, naningeti naye lomnakenu.’
Absalomu, umnakabo, watsi: “Bewuna-Amnoni, umnakenu, yini? Bindza dzadzewetfu; ungumnakenu. Lentfo ungayifaki kakhulu enhlitiyweni.” Ngako Thamari wahlala endlini ya-Absalomu aselusizini lolukhulu.
Absalomu wahlala eJerusalema iminyaka lemibili, seloku angakaze abonane nebuso benkhosi.
Davide watsi: “Kulungile, ngitasenta nawe sivumelwane. Kodvwa kunye lengikufuna kuwe: Ungeti lapha embikwami, nawungakaletsi Mikhali, indvodzakati yaSawula, nawuta kutangibona.”
Faro wakhuluma kuMosi watsi: “Suka la embikwami! Ngingaphindzi ngikubone futsi! Mhlazana ngakubona, kuyawuba kufa kwakho!”
Tiyawubonana naye buso nebuso; libito lakhe liyawubasemabuntini ato.