2 USamuweli 18:31-33

Bheka, kwase kufika umKhushe, wathi: “Ngilethe izindaba ezinhle enkosini, inkosi yami. USimakade ukuphindiselele namuhla kubo bonke abakuvukelayo.” Inkosi yathi kumKhushe: “Kuhamba kahle yini ngensizwa u-Absalomu,na?” UmKhushe wathi: “Izitha zenkosi yami, inkosi, nabo bonke abayivukelayo mababe njengaleyo nsizwa.” Yayisidabuka kakhulu inkosi, yakhuphukela ekamelweni elingaphezu kwesango, yakhala; isahamba yathi: “Hawu ngendodana yami, u-Absalomu, ndodana yami, ndodana yami Absalomu! Sengathi ngabe kufe mina esikhundleni sakho, Absalomu, ndodana yami, ndodana yami!”