1 Jehoshafati abenjinge kakhulu futsi advumile, wase utihlobanisa na-Ahabi ngemshado.
Kute indvodza lenjenga-Ahabi leyatitsengisa yona ekwenteni bubi emehlweni aSimakadze, ifucwa ngumkayo Jezebeli.
Kwaze kwaphela iminyaka lemitsatfu kute imphi emkhatsini wemaSiriya nema-Israyeli.
Leminye imininingwane ngekubusa kwenkhosi Jehoshafati, tintfo latiphumelelisa, nekuhlasela kwemabutfo akhe, kubhaliwe encwadzini yemilandvo yemakhosi akaJuda.
Athaliya, unabo-Ahaziya, watsi kube abone kutsi indvodzana yakhe seyifile, wachubeka wabulala bonkhe bantfwabenkhosi.
Wahamba etinyatselweni temakhosi aka-Israyeli, njengobe kwakwenta bendlu yaka-Ahabi, yena-ke washada nendvodzakati ya-Ahabi. Wenta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze.
Jehoshafati waya ngekuya wakhula kuba nemandla; wakha tinqaba nemadolobha latingungu kaJuda,
Simakadze watintisa umbuso ngaphansi kwesandla sakhe; bonkhe bakaJuda baletsa tipho kuJehoshafati, kangangekutsi wanjinga kakhulu waba neludvumo.
Letindvuna tetincola temphi tatsi natibona Jehoshafati, tacabanga tatsi: “Ngiyo inkhosi yaka-Israyeli.” Ngako tagucukela kuye tiyakumhlasela, kodvwa watsi Jehoshafati nakakhala amemeta, Simakadze wamsita. Nkulunkulu wabakhweshisa kuye,
Jehu, umboniswa, umsa waHanani, waphuma wafike wakhuluma enkhosini, watsi: “Wena ukubona kulungile yini kutsi usite lababi nekutsi utsandze labo labatondza Simakadze? Ngenca yaleso sento sakho intfukutselo yaSimakadze isetikwakho.
Emvakwaloko Jehoshafati, inkhosi yakaJuda, wakha buhlobo na-Ahaziya, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, labekhohlakele kabi ngebubi.
Kodvwa funani kucala umbuso waNkulunkulu kanye nekulunga kwakhe, khona tonkhe letintfo titakwengetelwa kini.
Ningaboshelwa ejokeni linye nalabangakholwa. Empeleni nje, kukhona yini kuvana kwekulunga nebubi? Buyini budlelwane bekukhanya nebumnyama?