3 Emnyakeni weli-18 ekubuseni kwakhe, inkhosi Josaya watfumela mabhalane Shafani, umsa wa-Asaliya, umsa waMeshulamu, kutsi aye ethempelini laSimakadze. Wakhuluma kuye watsi:
Babetsi bangabona kutsi seyinyenti imali kulelibhokisi, bese bayeta bomabhalane benkhosi nemphristi lomkhulu, bafike bayibale yonkhe lemali leseyiletfwe ethempelini laSimakadze, bese bayiwolela etikhwameni.
Kodvwa ngalomnyaka weli-18 wekubusa kwenkhosi Josaya leliPhasika lagujelwa Simakadze eJerusalema.
Livi laSimakadze lefika kuye emnyakeni weli-13 wekubusa kwaJosaya, umsa wa-Amoni, inkhosi yakaJuda;
Kwatsi Bharuki asekamelweni laGemariya, umsa waShafani, labengumabhalane, lelalisesibuyeni lesisetulu ekungeneni kweLisango Lelisha lasethempelini, wabafundzela bonkhe bantfu lababesethempelini laSimakadze emavi emphrofethi Jeremiya, awafundza kulencwadzi legocotwako.
Kwatsi Mikhaya, umsa waGemariya, umsa waShafani, nakeva onkhe lamavi aSimakadze lakulencwadzi legocotwako,
wehlela ekamelweni lamabhalane esigodlweni senkhosi, lapho kwakuhleti khona onkhe emalunga abandlancane: bo-Elishama, labengumabhalane, naDelaya, umsa waShemaya, na-Elnathani, umsa wa-Akbori, naGemariya, umsa waShafani, naSedekiya, umsa waHananiya, kanye nato tonkhe letinye tiphatsimandla.