32. Kwesi sithuba kuvele uYonadabhi unyana kaShama umntakwabo-Davide, wathi: “Umhlekazi makangeva kusithiwa babulewe bonke oonyana bakhe; kufe uAmnon yedwa. Loo nto yenzeka kuba uAbhasalom wagqiba kwangalaa mhla uAmnon wadlwengula udade wabo ukuba uya kuze ambulale.
33. Ngoko ke umhlekazi makangazihluphi ngokucinga okokuba oonyana bakhe bafe bonke. Hayi, nguAmnon yedwa lo ufileyo.”
34. Ke yena uAbhasalom wabaleka wabhaca.Ke umlindi wabona ihlokondiba labantu lisihla intaba, lihamba ngendlela evela eHoronayim.
35. Waza uYonadabhi wathi kukumkani: “Khangela, nabaya besiza oonyana bakakumkani. Kunjengoko besitshilo isicaka sakho.”
36. Uthe esakhova nje ukuthetha, bagaleleka oonyana bakakumkani, basitsho isikhalo. Wangenelela ukumkani, amaphakathi nawo angenelela, bonke batsho ngesikrakra.