37 Ngako ngalelo langa bonkhe bantfu nesive sonkhe sema-Israyeli sakwati kutsi inkhosi yayingazange ifake sandla ekubulaweni kwa-Abneri, umsa waNeri.
Shimeyi wamcalekisa watsi: “Suka la! Hamba la, jabhane-ndzini! Lesigebengu lesi!
Bonkhe bantfu bakubona loko bajabula; empeleni, konkhe lokwakwentiwa yinkhosi kwabajabulisa.
Inkhosi yakhuluma kulamadvodza ayo, yatsi: “Utsi niyabona nje kutsi lamuhla kufe umbusi longumuntfu lomkhulu ka-Israyeli?
Simakadze utamkhokhisa lengati layicitsa; ngaphandle kwemvume yababe Davide, wabulala emadvodza lamabili ngenkemba. Bobabili, bo-Abneri, umsa waNeri, indvuna yemphi yaka-Israyeli, na-Amasa, umsa waJetheri, indvuna yemphi yakaJuda, babencono, bacotfo kakhulu kunaye.
Ido, umsa waZakhariya, abephetse incenye yesive sakaManase kaGileyadi. Jasiyeli, umsa wa-Abneri, abephetse bakaBhenjamini.
Libito lemkakhe bekungu-Ahinowami, indvodzakati ya-Ahimasi. Libito lendvuna yemphi yaSawula bekungu-Abneri, umsa waNeri, kantsi yena Neri bekungumalume waSawula.