Nomutumwa okwa tya kuDavid: “Ovalumenhu venya va li ve tu dule ndele va dja mo ndele ve tu totela moluhaela, ndelenee fye twe va fininika noku va shunifa fiyo okoshipala sholuvanda.
Opo nee David a lombwela omutumwa ndele ta ti: “U nokulombwela Joab ngaha: Oshinima eshi shihe ku etele ouyehame, osheshi eongamukonda hali lyana nokulya, nena umwe mongula omukwao. Lwifeni ashike nonyati oshilando mu shi hanaune po. Osho ngaha hano u noku mu lombwela noku mu nyatipaleka.”
Ndele David okwa pula Ahimelek, Omuheti naAbisai yaSeruja, omumwaina waJoab ndele ta ti: “Olyelye ta i pamwe naame kuSaul monhanda?” Ndele Abisai okwa nyamukula ta ti: “Ame ohandi ka ya pamwe naave.”