Mu mwaka ogwamakumi asatu n'omunaana (38) ogwa kyabazinga Asa nga n'afuga Buyudaaya, Ahabu mutabane wa Omuri yaafuuka kyabazinga wa Isiraeli, era yaafuga Isiraeli ng'ali mu Samaria okumala entangama ya myaka amakumi abiri n'ebiri.
Ahabu yaliku abaana nsanvu mu kibuga Samaria. Kale Yehu yaaghandiika embaluwa, yaadhigheereza mu Samaria, eri abafuzi b'ekibuga, n'abakulembeze, n'abakuza ab'abaana n'abaidhukulu ba Ahabu, ng'akoba ati:
Yali agheza emyaka amakumi ana n'ebiri (42) egy'obukulu, era yaafugira entangama ya mwaka mulala mu Yerusalemu. Inhina yali nga ni Athalia mughala wa kyabazinga Ahabu, era mwidhukulu wa kyabazinga Omuri owa Isiraeli.