17 Kodvwa Rehobowamu wachubeka wabusa etikwawo onkhe lawo ma-Israyeli labehlala emadolobheni akaJuda.
Umsa wakhe ngitamnika sive sibe sinye, kuze kutsi Davide, inceku yami, ihlale inesibane embikwami eJerusalema, lidolobha lengalikhetsela kutsi ngibeke Libito lami kulo.
Kodvwa Rehobowamu wachubeka wabusa etikwawo onkhe lawo ma-Israyeli labehlala emadolobheni akaJuda.
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi kube sibone kutsi inkhosi ayisilaleli sicelo saso, sakhuluma enkhosini satsi: “Sinabudlelwane buni naDavide? Sinasabelo sini nemsa waJese? Emathendeni enu, ma-Israyeli! Tibone kucedza, wena muti waDavide!” Ngako ema-Israyeli esuka onkhe atibuyelela emathendeni awo.
Inkhosi Rehobowamu watfumela Adoniramu labeyindvuna yalababentiswa imisebenti lematima, kodvwa ema-Israyeli amtselekela, amgcoba ngematje, waze wafa. Noko inkhosi Rehobowamu yaphumelela kugibela encoleni yayo yemphi, yabaleka yacondza eJerusalema.
Watsi kube efike eJerusalema Rehobowamu, wabutsa yonkhe indlu yakaJuda neyakaBhenjamini, libutfo lelalinemadvodza lati-180 000, tihlabani todvwa, wahlomisa imphi yekuhlasela indlu yaka-Israyeli, kuze batewubuyisela umbuso kuyeRehobowamu.
Wabeka emahawu netikhali kuwo onkhe lamadolobha, wawenta acina kakhulu. Ngako lakaJuda nelakaBhenjamini aba ngaphansi kwakhe.
“Tjela Rehobowamu, umsa waSolomoni, inkhosi yakaJuda, nawo onkhe ema-Israyeli akaJuda newakaBhenjamini, utsi:
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, tsatsa umzaca ubhale kuwo, utsi: ‘LongewakaJuda nema-Israyeli latihlanganise naye.’ Bese utsatsa lomunye futsi umzaca ubhale kuwo, utsi: ‘Longewaka-Efrayimu, nalongewakaJosefa nabo bonkhe bendlu yaka-Israyeli labatihlanganise naye.’