23. Akufika uJowabhi, kunye nomkhosi awayehamba nawo, waxelelwa kwathiwa: “UAbhinere ebeze kubona ukumkani, yaye ukumkani umndulule ngoxolo.”
24. UJowabhi wasuka waya kukumkani, wafika wathi: “Yintoni le uyenzileyo? Uyabona, uAbhinere ebeze kuwe! Kutheni le nto umyekileyo ahambe? Ngoku umkile!
25. Wazi kakuhle ukuba uAbhinere into kaNere ebeze kukukhohlisa; ubeze kugqala le nto uqamele ngayo nayo yonke enye into oyenzayo.”
26. Uthe uJowabhi ukusuka kwakhe kuDavide wathuma amadoda, esithi makaye kulanda uAbhinere. Amlanda ke kwelaa qula laseSira. Wayengazi nto kambe uDavide ngalo mbandela.
27. Ukufika kwakhe eHebron uAbhinere, uJowabhi wambizela bucala ngasesangweni, ngokungathi uza kuthetha naye ngasese. Bathe beselapho suka uJowabhi wamhlaba uAbhinere esiswini, wafa. Waba ke njalo uJowabhi uyaliphindezela igazi lomntakwabo uAsayeli owabulawa nguAbhinere.
28. Luthe lakufika ezindlebeni zikaDavide udaba lokugwintwa kuka-Abhinere, wavakala esithi: “Mna kunye nabantu abaphantsi kwam simsulwa kubugebenga obenziwe kuAbhinere unyana kaNere, nkqu *uNdikhoyo uyayazi loo nto.
29. Isiqalekiso sale ntlekele masihlele uJowabhi nomzi wakowabo. Makusoloko kukho umntu onegcushuwa, iqhenqa, osimelela ngenduku, okanye owa edabini, nesilambi.”