Wayengenakumphendula u-Abineri ngezwi futhi, ngokuba wayemesaba.

U-Ahabi wabiza u -Obadiya owayephezu kwendlu yakhe . U-Obadiya wayemesaba kakhulu uNkulunkulu,

Kwakukhona umuntu ezweni lase -Uzi ogama lakhe lalinguJobe ; lowo muntu wayengenasici elungile, wayemesaba uNkulunkulu, wabalekela okubi.

ngokuba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane emazi ukuthi uyindoda elungileyo engcwele, wamlonda; nalapho emuzwa , wayesambatheka kaningi , nokho kwabamnandi kuye ukumuzwa.