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.”
33. Ukumkani waba nengevane, wenyuka waya kwigumbi eliphezu kwesango, wafika walila. Wayehamba elila, esithi: “Yini umntwana wam! Awu, nyana wam Abhasalom, nyana wam Abhasalom! Akwaba ibindim ofileyo, Abhasalom, nyana wam, nyana wam!”