1. Emva koko wafa ukumkani wama-Amon, kwaza ke esikhundleni sakhe kwalawula uHanun unyana wakhe.
2. Ke uDavide wathi: “Mandimenzele ububele uHanum unyana kaNahashe njengoko wandenzelayo ububele uyise.” Wathuma izigidimi ke uDavide ukuba ziye kukhuza ukumkani uHanum ngenxa kayise.Athe ke loo madoda kaDavide akufika kwelama-Amon
3. izikhulu zama-Amon zathi kuHanun inkosi yazo: “Ucinga ukuba ngaba uDavide lo unika imbeko kuyihlo ngokuthumela la madoda kuwe, esithi eze kukukhuza? Ayikho loo nto! La madoda ngoongcothoza; athunywe nguDavide ukuza kuhlola esi sixeko ukuze akwazi ukusibhukuqa.”
4. UHanun wasuka wawabamba loo madoda kaDavide, wawagugula iindevu icala elinye, nezambatho zawo wazigumpula embindini kwaya kuthi xhaxhe ezimpundwini, waza ke wawandulula.
5. Uthe ke uDavide akuxelelwa ngoko kwenzekileyo, wathumela izigidimi, zawahlangabeza loo madoda, kuba kaloku ayehlaziswe gqitha. Ukumkani wathi: “Hlalani eJeriko, ningabuyi de zikhule iindevu.”