Kwathi emva kweminyaka emibili epheleleyo u -Abisalomu wayenabagundi bezimvu eBali Hasori eliseduze no -Efrayimi; u-Abisalomu wamema onke amadodana enkosi.

U-Adoniya wahlaba izimvu , nezinkabi, namathole akhuluphalisiweyo ngasetsheni laseZoheleti eliseceleni kwe -Eni Rogeli; wamema bonke abafowabo, amadodana enkosi, nabantu bonke bakwaJuda, izinceku zenkosi;

Kepha wathi kuye: Umuntu othile wenza idili elikhulu, wamema abaningi.