24 Kodvwa sonkhe sive salelo live sabulala bonkhe labo bebente luzungu lwekubulala Amoni, inkhosi. Sabeka Josaya, umsa wakhe, kutsi abe yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.
Batsi kube befike bonkhe baholi bema-Israyeli enkhosini Davide eHebroni, inkhosi yenta nabo sivumelwane eHebroni embikwaSimakadze; base bagcoba Davide kutsi abe yinkhosi yema-Israyeli.
Rehobowamu waya eShekhemu, lapho onkhe ema-Israyeli abebutsene khona ayekumbeka inkhosi.
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi kube sive kutsi Jerobowamu sewubuyile, satfumela kutsi akalandvwe ete emhlanganweni, sambeka inkhosi etikwawo onkhe ema-Israyeli. Kwasala sive sakaJuda kuphela, lesasala sinamatsele kaDavide.
Jehoyada wase wenta sivumelwane emkhatsini waSimakadze nenkhosi nesive kutsi sebayawuba sive saSimakadze, wachubeka wenta sivumelwane emkhatsini webantfu nenkhosi.
Bonkhe bantfu bakaJuda base batsatsa Uziya labeneminyaka leli-16 budzala, bambeka inkhosi esikhundleni seyise, Amasiya.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi umbuso wakhe nase ucinile esandleni sakhe, wase ubulala letindvuna letatisontse uyise labeyinkhosi.
Leminye imininingwane ngekubusa kwa-Amoni, nako konkhe lakwenta, kubhaliwe encwadzini yemilandvo yemakhosi akaJuda.
Josaya abeneminyaka lesiphohlongo budzala, nakabekwa kuba yinkhosi. Wabusela eJerusalema iminyaka lengema-31. Libito lenina bekunguJedida, indvodzakati ya-Adaya, waseBhoskhathi.
Bantfu baseJerusalema babeka Ahaziya, litfunjana laJehoramu, waba yinkhosi esikhundleni seyise, njengobe phela bahlaseli lababehamba nema-Arabu, bangena enkambu babulala bonkhe bomnakabo labadzala. Ngako Ahaziya, umsa waJehoramu, inkhosi yakaJuda, wacala kubusa.
Kodvwa sonkhe sive salelo live sababulala bonkhe labo lababente luzungu lwekubulala Amoni, inkhosi; sabeka Josaya, umsa wakhe, kutsi abe yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.
Livi laSimakadze lefika kuye emnyakeni weli-13 wekubusa kwaJosaya, umsa wa-Amoni, inkhosi yakaJuda;
Ngako sonkhe sive saya eGilgali, sayawucinisa khona kubekwa kwaSawula kutsi abe yinkhosi embikwaSimakadze. Ngulapho-ke lapho bafike benta imihlatjelo yekuthula embikwaSimakadze. Sawula naso sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli sajabula kakhulu ngalelo langa.