4 Lyalo mwaami Defedi wakalwiita Amasa ayi, “Koya ukeete bene Juda boonse. Balyeelete kupola kuno munshiku shotatwe alimwi awebo ulyeelete kubaako.”
Abusalomu wakalinga wasala Amasa kuba mutanjilili wa bashilumamba bakwe mumusena wakwe Joabu. Amasa wakalinga mwanaakwe Jeta mwine Ishimaeli uyo wakeeba Abigelo mwanaakwe Naashi alimwi nankashi yakwe Seluiya nyina Joabu.
Amasa lakwe mumulwiite ayi, ‘Webo tuli bulowa bomwi. Ono Mwaami Lesa ampe mulandu nabi unene cili buyani na kuswa sunu webo teshi ube mutanjilili wa likoto lya bashilumamba bangu mumusena wakwe Joabu.’ ”
Maswi akwe Defedi akakonda basankwa boonse bene Juda. Mpeeke abalo bakamutumina maswi akwaamba ayi, “Amuboole abashilumamba banu boonse.”
Alakwe Abigelo mwanaakwe mwanakashi wakeebwa kuli Jeta uyo wakalinga wamulunyungu lwakwe Ishimaeli. Lyalo bakaba amwaana musankwa ngobakatumba ayi Amasa.