23 Wanguti wafika Yoabu ndi khondo yose yo wenga nayo kungukambika kwaku Yoabu, kuti, “Abnere mwana waku Nere wanguza ku karonga ndipo wamureka kuti warutenge, waruta mu chimangu.”
Pa nyengo yiya ŵanyamata ŵaku Davidi ŵangufika ndi Yoabu kutuwa ku nkhondo, ndi vyakuskoŵa vinandi. Kweni Abnere kuti wenga ndi Davidi pa Hebroni cha, ndipo wamutuma kali, waruta mu chimangu.
Sono Yoabu wanguruta ku karonga, wanguti, “Mwachitanji? Awonani, Abnere wanguza kwinu, chifukwa nchine mwamureka kuti warutenge ndipo waruta.
Kulipiska munthu murunji kuti nkhwamampha cha; kupuma vikoti ŵanangwa nkhulakwa.
muwoli waku Sauli wenga Ahinoamu mwana munthukazi waku Ahimaza. Ndipo zina la nduna yake ya nkhondo lenga Abnere mwana waku Nere, msibweni waku Sauli;