Yoabu wanguti, “Kuti ndi tayenge nyengo nge ndi iyi ndi iwe cha.” Ndipo wanguto tumikondo tutatu, wangugwaza nato Absalomu, po wenga weche wamoyo mu chimuti cha nthunthu.
Penipo karonga Davidi wangutumizga makani yagha kwaku Zadoki ndi Abiatara ŵazukuru, “Kambani ku ŵara ŵaku Yuda, ‘Chifukwa nchine imwe mukaŵanga ŵakumariya kuwezge karonga ku nyumba yake, po makani ghose gha ŵaYisraele ghafika ku karonga?
Karonga wangurutiliya ku Gilgala, ndipo Chimhama wanguruta pamoza nayo, ndi khamu lose laku Yuda, ndipo so ndi nusu wa ŵaYisraele ŵangumperekezga pa nthowa.
Ndipo ŵanthu wose mu mafuku ghose gha ŵaYisraele ŵenga pa mlimbalimba ŵakuti, “Karonga wangutipozomoska ifwe mu janja laku wose ŵarwani ŵidu, wangutitaska ifwe mu janja la ŵaFilisti, ndipo sono wathaŵa mu charu chifukwa chaku Absalomu.