26. Ke uAbhasalom wathi: “Xa ungavumiyo wena, bawo, umntakwethu uAmnon ngewumkhulula yena ahambe nathi.”Ukumkani wathi kuye: “Ahambele ntoni nawe?”
27. Wacenga uAbhasalom, wada wavuma uDavide ukukhulula uAmnon ahambe noonyana bonke bakakumkani.
28. UAbhasalom wafika wayalela izicaka zakhe ngelithi: “UAmnon lo nize nimqaphele, nimbone ukuba seleyobile yiwayini, nimgwaze afe ndakutsho kuni ukuthi: ‘Mbulaleni uAmnon!’ Ze ningoyiki, kutsho mna, niyeva! Ze niqine, nikhaliphe.”
29. Hayi ke, izicaka zika-Abhasalom zenza ngokomyalelo wenkosi yazo uAbhasalom. Bonke oonyana bakakumkani bathi khwasu bakhwela iimbongolo zabo, babaleka.
30. Zafika kuDavide besesendleleni egodukayo ezo ndaba zithi: “UAbhasalom ubabulele bonke oonyana bakakumkani, akwasala noba abe mnye.”
31. Ukumkani wathi khwasu kwangoko, wakrazula izambatho zakhe, waqungquluza emhlabeni. Amaphakathi akhe onke nawo azikrazula ezawo izambatho emi ngakuye.