16 inkhosi yaseMakheda yaba yinye, inkhosi yaseBetheli yaba yinye,
Wesuka waya etintsabeni tangasemphumalanga neBetheli, wafike wemisa lithende lakhe khona; iBetheli beyingasenshonalanga, i-Ayi beyingasemphumalanga. Nakhona lapho wafike wakhela Simakadze lilati; wakhuleka kuSimakadze.
Lendzawo wayetsa libito watsi yiBetheli, kodvwa ekucaleni lelidolobha lalibitwa ngekutsi yiLuzi.
Ngalelo langa Joshuwa wahlasela wadla iMakheda. Wahlasela lidolobha layo nenkhosi yakhona; wabagwaza bonkhe, kwabate namunye lowaphunyula. Washiya kute muntfu. Wenta enkhosini yaseMakheda njengobe enta enkhosini yaseJerikho.
inkhosi yaseLibna yaba yinye, inkhosi yase-Adulamu yaba yinye,
inkhosi yaseThaphuwa yaba yinye, inkhosi yaseHeferi yaba yinye,
Kute nome yinye indvodza leyayisele e-Ayi nome eBetheli, lengaphumanga kuyawucosha baka-Israyeli. Lamadvodza ase-Ayi alishiya lelidolobha livulekile, lingenamuntfu, acoshana nema-Israyeli.
Umndeni wakaJosefa nawo wahlasela iBetheli, kantsi futsi naSimakadze abenawo.