26 Inkhosi yadzabuka kakhulu; kodvwa ngenca yesifungo, lebeseyisentile embikwetivakashi tayo, ayitsandzanga kusephula.
Inkhosi yakhuluma kuJowabe, yatsi: “Yebo, loko ngitawukwenta. Hamba ulandze lomfana Absalomu.”
Inkhosi yatsi kube ikuve loko, yakhatsateka kakhulu, yetama konkhe lokwakusemandleni ayo kutsi imsindzise Danyela kwadzimate kwashona lilanga.
Inkhosi yadzabuka kakhulu, kepha ngenca yesifungo sayo lebeseyisentile embikwabo bonkhe lebeyihleti nabo ekudleni, yayaleta kutsi inikwe njengekufisa kwayo.
Masinyane intfombatana yabuya igijima, yafika enkhosini yacela yatsi: “Ngifuna ungiphe nyalo nje inhloko yaJohane uMbhabhatisi, ibekwe emgcwembeni.”
Masinyane inkhosi yatfumela lisotja kutsi aliletse inhloko yaJohane. Lahamba layawujuba inhloko yaJohane ejele.