Hoʻonoho akula ʻo ʻAbesaloma iā ʻAmasa ma ko Ioaba wahi ma luna o ka poʻe kaua; a ʻo ua ʻAmasa lā, he keiki ia na kekahi kanaka no kā ʻIseraʻela, ʻo ʻItera ka inoa, ka mea i komo aku i loko i o ʻAbigala lā ke kaikamahine a Nahasa, a ʻo ke kaikaina o Zeruia ʻo ka makuahine o Ioaba.
ʻĪ akula ʻo Dāvida, “He aha kaʻu iā ʻolua, e nā keiki a Zeruia, i kūʻē mai ai ʻolua iaʻu i kēia lā? E make anei kekahi kanaka i kēia lā i loko o kā ʻIseraʻela? ʻAʻole anei au i ʻike, ʻo wau nō ke aliʻi i kēia lā ma luna o kā ʻIseraʻela?”
Hele akula hoʻi ʻo Ioaba ke keiki a Zeruia, me nā kānaka o Dāvida, a hālāwai pū aʻela lākou ma ka pūnāwai ʻo Gibeona; a noho ihola lākou, ʻo kekahi poʻe ma kēia ʻaoʻao o ka pūnāwai, a ʻo kēlā poʻe ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka pūnāwai.
“ʻĀnō hoʻi, ua nāwaliwali au i poni ʻia i aliʻi; a ʻo kēia mau kānaka nā keiki a Zeruia, ua ʻoi aku ko lāua koʻikoʻi i koʻu; e hoʻouku mai nō naʻe ʻo Iēhova i ka mea hana ʻino e like me kona hewa.”
¶ A ʻo ʻAbisai ke kaikaina o Ioaba, ʻo ia ke poʻokela o nā mea ʻekolu; no ka mea, hoaka aʻela ia i kona ihe e kūʻē i nā kānaka ʻekolu haneri, a pepehi ihola ia iā lākou, a loaʻa iā ia ka inoa i waena o ua mau kānaka ikaika lā ʻekolu.
¶ ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Dāvida, ʻī akula iā ʻAhimeleka ka Heta, a iā ʻAbisai ke keiki a Zeruia, ka hoahānau o Ioaba, nīnau aʻela, “ʻO wai lā ka mea e hele pū me aʻu i o Saula lā ma kahi i hoʻomoana ai?” ʻĪ maila ʻo ʻAbisai, “ʻO wau ke hele pū me ʻoe.”