2 Kodvwa kwaze kwatfolakala incwadzi legocotiwe edolobheni lase-Ekbatana eveni laseMediya, lekwakubhalwe naku kuyo: “Umbiko lobhaliwe wekukhumbula ingcikitsi yendzaba:
Kwatsi ngemnyaka wemfica wekubusa kwaHosheya, inkhosi yase-Asiriya yatfumba iSamariya, yase itfumba baka-Israyeli yabayisa e-Asiriya. Yabeka labanye eHala, labanye eGozani ngasemfuleni iHabori, nalabanye emadolobheni emaMede.
“Ngako-ke nakukuhle enkhosini, ake kuphenyisiswe emilandvweni yebukhosi eBhabhulona kutewutfolakala kahle kutsi Khuresi, inkhosi, wawukhipha ngempela yini lomtsetfo wekutsi yakhiwe kabusha lendlu yaNkulunkulu eJerusalema. Inkhosi itawube seyiyasatisa sincumo sayo ngalendzaba.”
Ngase ngitsi: ‘Naku, ngilapha! Ngitekwenta intsandvo yakho, Nkulunkulu; njengobe kubhaliwe ngami emculwini.’ ”