35 Akazange entele umusa emndenini waJerubhali lekwakunguGideyoni, njengako konkhe lokuhle labekwentele wona.
Inkhosi Jowashi ayizange iwukhumbule umusa leyayiwentelwe nguyise waZakhariya, labenguJehoyada, yesuka yabulala umsa wakhe. Zakhariya watsi nase alayela, asafa watsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze angasibona lesento senu anivuze ngaso.”
Ngako kusukela ngalelo langa Gideyoni wetsiwa libito, kwatsiwa nguJerubhali, lokusho kutsi: “Bhali akatilwele yena,” ngobe abebhidlite lilati laBhali.
Abimeleki, umsa waJerubhali, waya kubomalume wakhe nakuwo wonkhe umndeni wasekhabonina, watsi:
Wahamba waya kubo e-Ofra, wafike labanakabo lababengema-70, emadvodzana aJerubhali, wawabulalela etikwelitje linye. Kodvwa Jothamu, litfunjana laJerubhali, waphunyula ngobe wabhaca.