Sono Absalomu wanguŵika Amasa kuŵa chirongozgi wa nkhondo mu malo mwaku Yoabu. Amasa wenga mwana wa munthu zina lake Itra muIshimaele, yo wanguto Abigaili mwana munthukazi waku Nahasha, mzichi waku Zeruya anyina aku Yoabu.
Ndipo Abshayi, mbali waku Yoabu, wenga mura wa ŵanthu machumi ghatatu, wanguzungung'a mkondo wake pa ŵanthu machumi pe chumi ghatatu wo wangubaya, ndipo nayo wanguŵa walumbiri pamoza ndi ŵatatu wo.
Davidi wangunena ndi Ahimeleke mu Hiti, ndi mbali waku Yoabu Abishai, mwana waku Zeruya, “Ndiyani yo wangasikiya pamoza nane ku ugoŵi waku Sauli?” Abishai wanguti, “Ndirutenge namwe.”