38 Waphindze washiya bo-Obedi Edomu kanye nalamadvodza labengema-68 labebambisene nawo ekukhonteni. Bo-Obedi Edomu, umsa waJeduthuni, naHosa babebomahlalesangweni.
Ngako wangabe asavuma kulitsatsa ahambe nalo aye eJerusalema, Lidolobha laDavide. Wabe sewuyaphambuka, walimikisa ekhaya ka-Obedi Edomu, waseGathi.
Ngako ase ayahamba ayawubikela tindvuna letibomahlalesangweni belidolobha, atsi: “Singene lapha enkambu yemaSiriya, sakhandza kukhala libhungane, kungekho muntfu, ngaphandle kwemahhashi lakhungiwe, netimbongolo letikhungiwe, nemathende asele anjengobe anjalo.”
Libhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu lahlala nebaka-Obedi Edomu endlini yakhe tinyanga letintsatfu; Simakadze wawubusisa umndeni wakhe nako konkhe labenako.
Mayelana naJeduthuni, kumadvodzana akhe bekuboGedaliya, naSeri, naJeshaya, naShimeyi, naHashabiya, naMathithiya, babesitfupha sebabonkhe, bangaphansi kwemtsetfo weyise Jeduthuni labephrofetha bese ubonga Simakadze amdvumise ngelihabhu.
Hosa labengumMerari abenemadvodzana: Inhloko yabo bekunguShimri, noko abengesilo litubulo, kodvwa uyise wambeka kutsi abe wekucala.