9 Ema-Amoni ashuca aphumela ngephandle, atihlela ekungeneni kwelidolobha lawo, kantsi lamakhosi labetawubasita abesatihlela ngephandle esigangeni.
Ema-Amoni ashuca aphumela ngephandle, atihlela ekungeneni kwelidolobha. Laba labanye, emaSiriya aseSobha newaseRehobu kanye nemadvodza aseThobu newaseMakha wona atihlela ngephandle esigangeni.
Inkhosi yaphendvula yatsi: “Ngitakwenta loko lokubonakala kukuhle kini.” Inkhosi yase ima ngasesangweni ngesikhatsi emadvodza akayo aphuma ngetigaba temakhulu netetinkhulungwane.
Bheni Hadadi, inkhosi yaseSiriya, wahlomisa onkhe emabutfo akhe, asitwa ngemakhosi langema-32 labehamba ngemahhashi nangetincola temphi; wenyuka wayawuhlasela iSamariya, wayivimbetela.
Yenta naku: Wesuse onkhe lamakhosi lapho aphetse ngakhona, bese ufaka letinye tindvuna etikhundleni tawo.
Jowabe wabona kutsi emabutfo etitsa atamhlasela ngemuva nangembili, wase ukhetsa bokadzebona betingwazi cobo lwato temabutfo ema-Israyeli, watimisa watsi atibhekane nemaSiriya.
Watsi kube akuve loko Davide, watfumela Jowabe, wamkhipha nalo lonkhe libutfo lemphi yetingwazi.
Abiya wahloma waya emphini anemasotja lati-400 000, tingwazi todvwa, kantsi Jerobowamu abevive ngemiswahla yemasotja lati-800 000.
Asa waphuma wayawumhlangabeta, batsatsa tindzawo tabo tekulwa eSihosheni saseSefatha, eceleni kweMaresha.
Uyawuba ngumoya wemtsetfocotfo kulowo lohlalela kwehlulela, abe sisusa semandla kulabo labajikisa imphi esangweni.
Bahlome ngebutjoki nangetikhali; bavutsa lulaka, abanamusa. Bevakala njengekudvuma kwelwandle sebagibele emahhashini abo; beta ngeticheme temabutfo emphi, bete kutawuhlasela wena, Ndvodzakati yaseBhabhulona.
Ngemsindvo waso lofanana netincola temphi sigalaja ticongo tetintsaba; sisasamba njengemlilo nawushisa tibi, sihleleke njengemphi lenemandla levivela kuhlasela.
Sawula nema-Israyeli babutsana bemisa eSigodzini sase-Ela, bahlela imphi yabo batilungiselela kubhekana nemaFilisti.