Mwene a oYixrayeli aaweerela asitokweenaawe: “Khamusuwenle weera oRamoti-Giliyade ori wawihu? Hata hiiho nri mwaasa omaala nihikuxaka wa mwene a awArami.”
Beni-Geberi oRamoti-Giliyade (mittetthe sa Yahiri, mwaana mulopwana a Manaxe oGiliyade saari sawawe nitho elapo ya wAregobi eri oBaxani vamoha ni isidadesaya miloko mithannamosa saarino ixiri, masele ni anampattika a ebronze*).
Vayaakhani yanaamuloko niithannatthaaru moolamulani mwa Yehoxafati, mwene a oYuda, Yorami aathatuwa mwene a oYixrayeli oSamariya ni aalamula iyaakha muloko ni piili.
Eyo eri hiiho, mprofeeti Elixa aamwiitthana mmoha a nakupa a maprofeeti anamweerela: “Mphitelele mukaandyowaanyu, mukuxeke nipoottoro nna na makhura ni murowe oRamoti-Giliyadi.
Ahabi, mwene a oYixrayeli, aamukoha Yehoxafati, mwene a oYuda: “Munoorowa ni miyo owanano oRamoti-Gileyadi?” Yehoxafati aamwaakhula: “Kiri ntoko nyuwo, ni mulokwaaka ori ntoko mulokwaanyu; nnookhala ni nyuwo okhottoni.”
Asitokweene a ikaaro emoonakaru Yehoxafati, yuupuwela: “Ola ti mwene a oYixrayeli.” Vano yaarukunuwa weera emuwanane, vaheera Yehoxafati aakhuwela, ni Yave aamukhavihera. Muluku aahaasusihasa wa yoowo,
Nyuwosa muniiwelela ikano sa Omeri ni soopaka sootheene sa emusi ya Ahabi, muttharaka ikhovelelosaya. Tivawo kineeraaka kooheleeni nthala ni amakaanyu anoohaawa otheiwa; nyuwosa ootheene munootthebwiwa ni miloko.”