39. USadoki umpristi wathatha uphondo lwamafutha etendeni, wamgcoba uSolomoni. Babetha amacilongo, bonke abantu bathi: “Mana njalo, nkosi Solomoni.”
40. Bonke abantu benyuka emva kwakhe, abantu babetha imitshingo. Bathokoza ngokuthokoza okukhulu, kwaze kwangathi kuqhekezeka umhlaba ngomsindo wabo.
41. U-Adoniya nabo bonke abamenyiweyo ababe naye bawuzwa sebeqedile ukudla. UJowabe esezwa ukukhala kwecilongo wathi: “Ngowani lo msindo wokuxokozela emzini na?”
42. Esakhuluma, bheka, kwafika uJonathani indodana ka-Abiyathara umpristi; u-Adoniya wathi: “Ngena, ngokuba wena uyindoda enamandla; uze nodaba oluhle.”
43. UJonathani waphendula, wathi ku-Adoniya: “Qha, inkosi yethu, inkosi uDavide, imbekile uSolomoni inkosi;