14 Inkhosi kanye nabo bonkhe leyayihamba nabo base bayefika lapho babeya khona sebadzinwe bafile, inkhosi yefika lapho yaphumula.
Ngako Davide nemabutfo akhe bachubeka nendlela yabo, wabe naShimeyi abaphekeletela ngeticalekiso, ahamba ngetulu egcumeni abajikijela ngematje, abatsela nangemhlabatsi.
Ngaleso sikhatsi bo-Absalomu kanye nebantfu bakakhe babetseleka eJerusalema, na-Ahithofeli abekanye nabo;
Kwatsi inkhosi Davide naseyisondzele eBhahurimu, lomunye wetihlobo taSawula, Shimeyi, umsa waGera, waphuma wamhlangabeta, weta ametfuka ngeticalekiso.
Ngitamkhandzanisa nyalo asedziniwe, futsi ajabhile; ngimetfuse, lonkhe lelibutfo lakhe litawubhedvuka, libaleke. Ngitawubulala lenkhosi kuphela,
neluju lwetinyosi, nemasi, netimvu, nashizi lophuma elubisini lwetinkhomo, bakuletsela Davide kanye nebantfu bakakhe kutsi batekudla. Ngobe batsi: “Labantfu sebafile yindlala nakudzinwa, nekoma kwakulelihlane.”