27. Uthe umlindi: “Ukubaleka kwakhe lo ungaphambili ngathi nguAhimazi unyana kaZadoki.”Ukumkani wathi: “Kowu, lilunga lomfo elo; usiphathele iindaba zovuyo.”
28. UAhimazi wabhekisa kukumkani wathi: “Izinto zihamba kakuhle!” Wafika wakhahlela ejongise ubuso emhlabeni, wathi, “Mbonge uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho! Uboyisile abo bebeyivukela inkosi yam ukumkani!”
29. Ukumkani wathi: “Ngaba usindile umfana uAbhasalom?”Uphendule wathi uAhimazi: “Mhlekazi, ngokuya bendithunywa nguJowabhi iphakathi lakho, ndibone kukho isiphithi-phithi, phofu andingetsho ukuba bekutheni na.”
30. Ukumkani wathi: “Khawume bucala ulinde.” Wahamba ke, waya kuma bucala.
31. Ke kaloku wafika umKushe, wathi kukumkani: “Ndize neendaba zovuyo, mhlekazi, nkosi yam! Namhlanje uNdikhoyo ukugwebele waboyisa bonke abo bebekuvukela.”
32. Ukumkani wathi kumKushe: “Yena umfana uAbhasalom usindile phofu?”UmKushe wathi: “Mhlekazi, bendinga into emhleleyo unyana wakho ibinga ingenzeka kuzo zonke iintshaba zakho, nakwabo bakuvukelayo.”