16 Vana vaJosefa vakati, “Nyika yemitunhu aitikwani: vaKhenani veshe vanogara munyika yebani vanengoro dzesimbi, veshe veBhethisheani nemaguta aro, naavo vanogara muBani raJezireeri.”
Ngomukuwo mudoko denga rakasvipa ngemakore nedutu; kwaiyapo mvura yakakura. Ahabhi wakahamba ari mungoro yake, wakaguma Jezireeri.
Asi nyara yaMambo Mwari yaiya padera paErija, naye wakasungisa chiunu chake, wakarumba kupindira Ahabhi, wakaguma pamusiwo waJezireeri.
Ngesure kweizvi zviro, zvinoteera zvakaitika: Nabhothi muJezireeri waiya nomunda wemivhini waiya muJezireeri, pasinde nengome yaAhabhi mambo weSamaria.
Zve, ngendaa yaJezebheri, Mambo Mwari wakaereketa ndiye echiti, ‘Imbwa dzinozodya Jezebheri parukumbati rweJezireeri.’
Bhaana mukororo waAhirudhi, muTaanakhi naMegidho, nayo yeshe Bhethisheani riri pasinde neZarethani ngokubani kweJezireeri, kubvira Bhethisheani metsa kuguma Abherimehora, metsa kuguma ruseri rweJokimeamu;
Imbwa dzinozodya Jezebheri mundau yaJezireeri, akuna naumwe unozomutsira.’ ” Zvino wakabeura musiwo, akatiza kuenda.
Muiri waJezebheri unozodai ngemadisa padera pehope yomunda weJezireeri, kuitira kuti kusazoapo naumwe unozoti, ‘Uyu ndiJezebheri.’ ”
Ndizvo, ringira, mazuva anouya,” unoronza Mambo Mwari, “Apo pendinozoridza kuti mhere yokurwa hondo nedhorobha reRabha revaAmoni; rinozoita murwi wezvakaparadzwa, nemaguta aro anozopishwa ngomuriro; naapo Isuraeri unozotora nhaka kubva kuneavo vakamutorera nhaka,” unoronza Mambo Mwari.
Jezireeri, Jokidheamu, Zanoa,
Manase wakapuwa muIsakha nomuAsha Bhethisheani nemaguta aro, neIbhireamu nemaguta aro, nevagari veDhori, nemaguta aro, neveEnidhori nemaguta aro, nevagari veTaanakhi nemaguta aro, nevagari veMegidho nemaguta aro, (dhorobha rechitatu riri Nafathi.)
NaJoshua wakati kwavari, “Kudai muri dzinza guru, endai kunyika yemakwasha, muteme makwasha munyika yevaPherizi, neyevaRefaimu ngokuti nyika yomutunhu yaEfuremu yakatsonga yaamho kwomuri.”
Zvino Joshua wakaereketa kunemhatso yaJosefa, kunevaEfuremu nokunavaManase, echiti, “Ngegwinyiso muri dzinza rakakura, munesimba guru; amuzoane chikoaniswa chimwe chega,
asi nyika yemitunhu inozoita yenyu; kunyazwi iri gwasha, munozoritemera pashi, naro rinozoita nhaka yenyu metsa kumigano yokuretu; ngokuti munozodzinga vaKhenani, kunyazwi vanengoro dzesimbi, vanesimba guru.”
Nyika yavo inoerengera pamwepo naJezireeri, Khesurothi, Shunemu,
Mambo Mwari waiya naJudha naye wakatora nhaka yenyika yemitunhu; asi aazi kukona kudzinga vagari vomubani, ngokuti vaiya nengoro dzesimbi.
Sisera wakaunganidza pamwepo ngoro dzake dzeshe, ngoro mazana mapfumbamwe (900) dzesimbi, nevanhu veshe vehondo vaiya naye, kubvira Haroshethihagoimu metsa kuguma kuBani reKishoni.
Zvino vaIsuraeri vakachema kunaMambo Mwari; ngokuti waiya nengoro dzesimbi dziri mazana mapfumbamwe (900), naye wakatambudza vaIsuraeri ngesimba makore makumi mairi.
Zvino vakaungana vaMidhiani, vaAmareki, nevanhu vokumabvazuva, vakaambuka Jorodhani, vakaemesa matende avo mubani raJezireeri.
Zvino vaFiristia vakaunganidza hondo dzavo dzeshe paAfeki; naapo vaIsuraeri vaidzimika matende avo pasinde pechinyuka chiri muJezireeri.