21. Waziva ukumkani uDavide zonke ezo nto, wavutha ngumsindo kunene.
22. Akathetha nelibi nelilungileyo uAbhisalom kuAmnon; ngokuba uAbhisalom wamthiya uAmnon, ngale nto yokuba emdlwengule uTamare udade wabo.
23. Kwathi, emva kweminyaka emibini, kwabakho abachebi kuAbhisalom eBhahali-hatsore kwaEfrayim. UAbhisalom wamema bonke oonyana bokumkani.
24. Weza uAbhisalom, wathi kukumkani, Uyabona, naba abachebi kumkhonzi wakho; ukumkani nabakhonzi bakhe mabahambe nomkhonzi wakho.
25. Ukumkani wathi kuAbhisalom, Musa, nyana wam; masingayi sonke sibe ngumthwalo kuwe. Wamzama; akavuma ukuya, kodwa wamsikelela.
26. Wathi uAbhisalom, Ukuba akuyi wena, makakhe ahambe nathi uAmnon, umkhuluwa wam. Wathi ukumkani kuye, Ahambeleni na nawe?
27. UAbhisalom wamzama; wavuma ukuba uAmnon ahambe naye, noonyana bonke bokumkani.
28. UAbhisalom wawawisela umthetho amadodana akwakhe, wathi, Khanikhangele, xa ithe intliziyo ka-Amnon yamnandi yiwayini, ndaza ndathi kuni, Mbetheni uAmnon, nombulala. Musani ukoyika; àniwiselwe ndim na umthetho?
29. Yomelelani nibe ngamakroti. Enza ke amadodana ka-Abhisalom kuAmnon njengoko uAbhisalom abewawisele umthetho. Besuka ke bonke oonyana bokumkani; walowo wakhwela kundlebende wakhe, basaba.
30. Kwathi, besesendleleni, zafika iindaba kuDavide, zisithi, UAbhisalom ubabulele bonke oonyana bokumkani, akwasala namnye.
31. Wesuka ukumkani, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, waqungquluza emhlabeni; bonke abakhonzi bakhe bemi ngakuye, bezikrazule iingubo zabo.
32. Waphendula uYonadabhi, unyana kaShimeha umkhuluwa kaDavide, wathi, Mayingàthi inkosi yam abulewe onke amadodana angoonyana bokumkani; ngokuba kufe uAmnon yedwa; ngokuba yagqitywa le nto ngumlomo ka-Abhisalom, kususela kwalaa mini wamdlwengula ngayo uTamare, udade wabo.