48. Ewe, usuke wathi: ‘Makabongwe uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli, othe namhlanje wandenzela inyhweba yokuba ndimbone ngawam amehlo lowo uthatha isihlalo esikhundleni sam.’ ”
49. Lakuziva ezi ndaba iqela lika-Adoniya lothuka lachithakala ngoko nangoko.
50. Ke yena uAdoniya ngokoyika uSolomon wasuka waya kubambelela ngeempondo zeqonga lamadini.
51. Waxelelwa ke uSolomon kwathiwa: “UAdoniya nanko ebambelele ngeempondo zeqonga lamadini kuba esoyika ukumkani uSolomon. Uthi: ‘Ukumkani uSolomon makafunge namhlanje, athembise ukuba akayi kundifaka ikrele andibulale mna sicaka sakhe.’ ”
52. USolomon wathi: “Ukuba ufumaniseke engumfo onyanisekileyo, akayi kuba nawo nowempumlo umkrwelo; kambe ke, ukuba ufumaniseke enobubi, uza kufa.”
53. Ukumkani uSolomon wathumela amadoda, amphuthuma apho eqongeni lamadini uAdoniya. Ke uAdoniya weza wafika wakhahlela apho kukumkani uSolomon. Ke uSolomon wathi kuye: “Kulungile, goduka.”