24 Jehu wase unsala butjoki bakhe wamjijimeta, umcibisholo wangena emhlabankhomo, wadzabula inhlitiyo ekhatsi, Joramu wadzilika encoleni yakhe.
Wonkhe lobalekela inkemba yaHazayeli uyakubulawa nguJehu, nalowo loyawubalekela inkemba yaJehu uyawubulawa ngu-Elisha.
“Ubonile yini kutsi Ahabi utitfobe kanjani embikwami? Ngenca yekutsi utitfobile kimi, ngingeke ngisamehlisela lesigemegeme etikhatsini takhe, kodvwa ngiyawusehlisela etikwendlu yakakhe ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwemsa wakhe.”
Kodvwa lomunye wantsala butjoki bakhe wajijimeta, kwagwazeka Ahabi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, emahlanganweni etembatfo takhe tensimbi letatimvikela. Inkhosi Ahabi wakhuluma kuloloshayela incola yakhe yemphi, watsi: “Jikisa incola, ungikhiphe lapha emphini. Sengilimele.”
Lonkhe lelo langa imphi yayibambene etulu, inkhosi yasekelwa encoleni yayo, ibhekene nemaSiriya. Linceba layo lopha ingati yaze yageletela phansi encoleni, kwatsi kusihlwa inkhosi Ahabi yafa.
Kodvwa bona betfuka batsi: “Nangabe emakhosi lamabili ehluleka kumelana naye, tsine-ke singamkhona kanjani?”
Ngakusasa ekuseni Jehu waphuma wema embikwaso sonkhe sive, watsi: “Nine nimsulwa. Ngimi lengakhe luzungu ngenkhosi yami, ngayibulala; kodvwa-ke ngubani lobulele bonkhe laba?
“Caphelani loku nine lenedzelela Nkulunkulu, funa nginiklebhuklebhule, kubete nalongahle aniphephise.
Kuhlakanipha kwemuntfu, nekucondza kanye nemyalo longiwo sibili kungeke kukusite, nangabe kucondzene nekumelana naSimakadze.
Nangabe abutwa ngumuntfu, atsi: ‘Pho, lamanceba lasemtimbeni wakho ngewani?’ uyawuphendvula atsi: ‘Lamanceba ngawatfola endlini yebangani bami.’ ”
Ngesikhatsi bantfu batsi: “Kunekuthula nenhlalakahle,” ngekushesha lokukhulu kubhujiswa kuyawubatuma njengemhelo ufikela umfati nasatawubeleka; futsi kute loyawusindza.