2 U-Absalomu wayevuka kusesekuseni ame eceleni komgwaqo oya esangweni ledolobha. + Noma nini lapho kunomuntu onecala okumele liyoqulwa enkosini, + u-Absalomu wayembiza athi: “Uvela kuliphi idolobha?” yena athi: “Inceku yakho ivela kwesinye sezizwe zakwa-Israyeli.” 3 U-Absalomu wayethi kuye: “Uyazi ukhuluma iqiniso, kodwa akukho muntu enkosini ozolalela udaba lwakho.”