3 Ngako kwalandvwa Jerobowamu, yena kanye nalo lonkhe libandla lema-Israyeli lacondza kuRehobowamu, lafike kuye latsi:
Kwatsi kube Jerobowamu, umsa waNebati, akuve loko, aseseGibhithe, lapho abebalekele khona, abalekele Solomoni, wabuya, esuka eGibhithe.
“Uyihlo abesetfwese lijoko lelimatima kakhulu, manje-ke wena sinciphisele lomtfwalo lomatima nalelijoko lelimatima labelibeke etikwetfu, tsine sitakukhonta.”
Ngako kwabe sekulandvwa Jerobowamu, yena kanye naso sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli baya kuRehobowamu, befika kuye batsi:
Abimeleki, umsa waJerubhali, waya kubomalume wakhe nakuwo wonkhe umndeni wasekhabonina, watsi: