48 Kutani Abimeleke a tlhandlukela eNtshaveni ya Zalmona,+ yena ni vanhu hinkwavo lava a va ri na yena. Hiloko Abimeleke a khoma xihloka hi voko, a tsema rhavi ra mirhi, a ri tlakusa, a ri veka ekatleni rakwe ivi a byela vanhu lava a va ri na yena a ku: “Leswi mi ndzi voneke ndzi swi endla—hatlisani, endlani ku fana na mina!”+

49 Hiloko vanhu hinkwavo va tsema marhavi, va landzela Abimeleke. Kutani va ma hoxa ebakweni, va lumeka ndzilo ehenhla ka wona ebakweni, lerova vanhu hinkwavo va xihondzo xa Xikeme va fa na vona, kwalomu ka vavanuna ni vavasati va 1 000.+