36 Inkhosi yatfumela kuShimeyi umlayeto lotsi: “Takhele indlu eJerusalema uhlale khona, kodvwa ungacali uye kulenye indzawo.
Kodvwa inkhosi yatsi: “Kufanele ahambe aye endlini kakhe, akukafaneli abonane nebuso bami.” Ngako Absalomu wavele waya endlini kakhe, wangete wabonana nebuso benkhosi.
Absalomu wahlala eJerusalema iminyaka lemibili, seloku angakaze abonane nebuso benkhosi.
Ngako Solomoni, inkhosi, watfumela emadvodza, afike amehlisa elatini. Adoniya weta wafike wakhotsama phansi embikwaSolomoni; Solomoni, inkhosi, wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Hamba ubuyele ekhaya lakho.”
Inkhosi lehlakaniphile iyaphenyisisa ize imtfole lowonile, bese imjezisa ngaphandle kwesihe.
Inkhosi itsi ingahlala esihlalweni sayo sekwehlulela, ivele imbone zisuka nje lowo lowonile.