12 Juda weyiswa baka-Israyeli, kwaba nguleyo naleyo ndvodza yabalekela ekhaya kayo.
Atsatsa sidvumbu sa-Absalomu asijika esihholweni ehlatsini, ambonya lesihholo ngendvundvuma yematje. Ngaleso sikhatsi onkhe ema-Israyeli labehamba na-Absalomu abaleka abuyela emakhaya awo.
Latsi lilanga nalishonako, kwamenyetelwa kuyo yonkhe inkambu, kutsiwa: “Ngulowo nalowo akabuyele ekhaya lakhe, ngulowo eveni lakubo.”
Ngako emaFilisti alwa, ema-Israyeli ehlulwa, kwaba nguleyo ndvodza yabaleka yayakutindvumbeka ethendeni layo. Kwaba nekubulawa lokukhulu, kwafa emabutfo ema-Israyeli labeti-30 000.