28 Absalomu wahlala eJerusalema iminyaka lemibili, seloku angakaze abonane nebuso benkhosi.
Jakobe watsi: “Cha, mnaketfu, ngiyacela nangabe ngemukele umusa emehlweni akho semukele lesipho sami; ngobe kimi kubona buso bakho kunjengekubona buso baNkulunkulu, kakhulu nje ngobe nawe sewungemukele ngemoya lomuhle.
Kodvwa Juda wamphendvula watsi: “Leya ndvodza yasiyalisisa yatsi: ‘Ningeke ningibone ngisho nekungibona, naningeti naye lomnakenu.’
Kodvwa inkhosi yatsi: “Kufanele ahambe aye endlini kakhe, akukafaneli abonane nebuso bami.” Ngako Absalomu wavele waya endlini kakhe, wangete wabonana nebuso benkhosi.
Absalomu wase utfumela kuJowabe kutsi ammikise enkhosini, kodvwa Jowabe wala kuta kuye. Ngako waphindze watfumela kuye kwesibili, kodvwa nakhona lapho waphindze wala kuta.
Ngako Solomoni, inkhosi, watfumela emadvodza, afike amehlisa elatini. Adoniya weta wafike wakhotsama phansi embikwaSolomoni; Solomoni, inkhosi, wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Hamba ubuyele ekhaya lakho.”
Inkhosi yatfumela kuShimeyi umlayeto lotsi: “Takhele indlu eJerusalema uhlale khona, kodvwa ungacali uye kulenye indzawo.
“Caphelani ningedzeleli ngisho namunye kulaba labancane; ngobe ngitsi kini: Tingilosi tabo ezulwini tibubona njalo buso baBabe losezulwini. [