25 Nadabi, umsa waJerobowamu, wabekwa waba yinkhosi yaka-Israyeli ngemnyaka wesibili wekubusa kwa-Asa, inkhosi yakaJuda; wabusa baka-Israyeli iminyaka lemibili.
Wabusa iminyaka lengema-22, wabe sewuyakhotsama. Nadabi, umsa wakhe, wase uba yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.
Ahiya wachubeka akhuluma kumkaJerobowamu, watsi: “Wena-ke, ncandzeka ubuyela ekhaya. Utawutsi usangena nje edolobheni, umfana afe.
Wenta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze, wahamba etinyatselweni teyise, nasetonweni takhe labedvonsele ngato sive saka-Israyeli ekoneni.
Lesi kwaba sono sendlu yakaJerobowamu lokungusona sabangela kutsi indlu yakhe yonkhe ibhubhe iphele ingasabikho emhlabeni.
Sive saka-Israyeli sase sehlukana ekhatsi, labanye bema ngakuThibni, umsa waGinathi, kutsi nguye inkhosi, labanye bema ngaku-Omri.