17 Yonkhe lemilandvo yeluhlanga lwekutalana kwato yayibhalwe phansi ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwaJothamu, inkhosi yakaJuda, naJerobowamu, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli.
Jehoyashi wase uyakhotsama, wafihlwa kuboyisemkhulu eSamariya, kanye nemakhosi aka-Israyeli. Jerobowamu, umsa wakhe, waba yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.
Ngemnyaka weli-15 wekubusa kwa-Amasiya, umsa waJowashi, inkhosi yakaJuda, ka-Israyeli kwabekwa Jerobowamu, umsa waJehoyashi, kutsi abe yinkhosi. Wabusela eSamariya iminyaka lengema-41.
Leminye imininingwane ngekubusa kwaJerobowamu, nako konkhe lakwenta, nekuncoba kwakhe timphi, nekutsi wayibuyisela njani ka-Israyeli iDamaseko neHamathi, leyase iyakaJuda, kubhaliwe encwadzini yemilandvo yemakhosi aka-Israyeli.
Ngemnyaka wesibili wekubusa kwaPhekha, umsa waRemaliya, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, Jothamu, umsa wa-Uziya, inkhosi yakaJuda, wacala kubusa.
Simakadze washaya inkhosi ngesifo lesisabulephelo, kwaze kwaba lilanga leyafa ngalo, yase ihlala endlini yayo yodvwa. Kwase kunguJothamu, umsa wayo, labesengamele sigodlo, sekunguye nalobusa sive eveni.
Emilandvweni yemindeni yakaRubeni baholi bayo bekuboJeyiyeli sikhulu, naZakhariya,
Jothamu abeneminyaka lengema-25 budzala, ngesikhatsi acala kubusa. Wabusela eJerusalema iminyaka leli-16. Libito lenina bekunguJerusha, indvodzakati yaSadoki.