37. Njengoko uNdikhoyo wayenenkosi yam ukumkani, ngokunjalo makabe naye uSolomon, ulawulo lwakhe lwande ludlule olwenkosi yam ukumkani uDavide.”
38. Behla ke, umbingeleli uZadoki, umshumayeli uNatan, uBhenaya unyana kaJoyada, nabalindi abangamaKreti namaPleti, uSolomon bemkhwelise kwimbongolo kakumkani uDavide, baya naye eGihon.
39. Ke kaloku umbingeleli uZadoki waluthatha uphondo lwamafutha awayelufumene *esibingelelweni, waza ke wathambisa uSolomon ngaloo mafutha. Bakhalisa isigodlo, baza bonke abantu bakhwaza bathi: “Phil' ud' ukhokhobe, kumkani Solomon!”
40. Loo nginginya yabantu ke yamlandela, ihamba ikhalisa amaxilongo, igcobe kangangokuba isingqi sabo sawunyikimisa umhlaba.
41. UAdoniya nâbo wayebamemile bayiva le ntshukumo, xa kanye baliphethayo itheko labo. Akusiva isandi sesigodlo uJowabhi wabuza wathi: “Ngaba yeyantoni le ngxokolo ivakala esixekweni?”