18 Omnye ke kubalindi waphendula waza wathi: “Khangela! Ndiyibonile indlela unyana kaYese waseBhetelehem anobuchule ngayo ekudlaleni,+ yaye uyindoda elikroti,+ enamandla nendoda yemfazwe+ nesithethi esinengqiqo+ nendoda emile kakuhle,+ yaye uYehova unaye.”+

23 Icebo lika-Ahitofele, awayecebisa ngalo ngaloo mihla, lalinjengaxa kanye umntu ebuze ilizwi kuTHIXO wenyaniso. Lalinjalo lonke icebo+ lika-Ahitofele+ kokubini kuDavide nakuAbhisalom.

14 Wayengunyana womfazi ongumhlolokazi wesizwe sakwaNafetali, kwaye uyise wayeyindoda yaseTire,+ esebenza ngobhedu;+ yaye wayezele bubulumko nokuqonda+ ekwazi nokwenza lonke uhlobo lomsebenzi wobhedu. Ngako oko weza kuKumkani uSolomon waza waqalisa ukwenza wonke umsebenzi wakhe.

19 Wathi akuthetha nabo ukumkani, wafumanisa ukuba akukho namnye kubo owayekumgangatho kaDaniyeli, uHananiya, uMishayeli noAzariya;+ baza bona baqhubeka besima phambi kokumkani.+