12 Batsi: “Unemanga! Sitjele.” Jehu wabaphendvula, watsi: “Naku lakushito kimi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ngiyakugcoba kutsi ube yinkhosi etikwa-Israyeli.” ’ ”
Ubogcoba naJehu, umsa waNimshi, kutsi abe yinkhosi yaka-Israyeli, ugcobe na-Elisha, umsa waShafati, wase-Abela Mehola, kutsi kube nguye lotawuba ngumphrofethi emvakwakho.
Watsi Jehu nakaphumela kulabangani bakhe, lomunye wabo wambuta watsi: “Kusahamba kahle yini? Loluhlanya belutekwentani lapha kuwe?” Jehu wamphendvula, watsi: “Niyamati lomuntfu kanye naletintfo latikhulumako.”
Besuka lapho bamphutfuma bamendlalela emajazi abo etikwetitebhisi, ngaphansi kwetinyawo takhe. Base bashaya emacilongo bamemetela batsi: “Jehu yinkhosi!”
Samuweli wase utsatsa lichaga lelalinemafutsa, wawatsela enhloko yaSawula, wamanga, watsi: “Angitsi Simakadze ukugcobile kutsi ube ngumholi welifa lakhe?