35 Lonkhe lelo langa imphi yayibambene etulu, inkhosi yasekelwa encoleni yayo, ibhekene nemaSiriya. Linceba layo lopha ingati yaze yageletela phansi encoleni, kwatsi kusihlwa inkhosi Ahabi yafa.
Wakhuluma enkhosini watsi: “Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze: ‘Sewukhulule lomuntfu bengitsite akafe, ngako loko utakukhokha ngemphilo yakho, nesive sakho sitawubhujiswa ngenca yekuyekela lamabutfo akakhe.’ ”
Mikhaya watsi: “Nawungahle nje ubuye uphephile, Simakadze utawube akaze wakhuluma ngami.” Wachubeka watsi: “Nonkhe nine tive, wanakeni lamavi ami.”
Kodvwa lomunye wantsala butjoki bakhe wajijimeta, kwagwazeka Ahabi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, emahlanganweni etembatfo takhe tensimbi letatimvikela. Inkhosi Ahabi wakhuluma kuloloshayela incola yakhe yemphi, watsi: “Jikisa incola, ungikhiphe lapha emphini. Sengilimele.”
Latsi lilanga nalishonako, kwamenyetelwa kuyo yonkhe inkambu, kutsiwa: “Ngulowo nalowo akabuyele ekhaya lakhe, ngulowo eveni lakubo.”
Jehu wase unsala butjoki bakhe wamjijimeta, umcibisholo wangena emhlabankhomo, wadzabula inhlitiyo ekhatsi, Joramu wadzilika encoleni yakhe.
Ema-Israyeli atsi kube abone kutsi Abimeleki sewufile, aphuma atibuyelela ekhaya.