13 Jerobowamu abesatfumele lamanye emasotja kutsi ayekuvimbetela lena ngemuva, khona kutawutsi ngesikhatsi bakaJuda basabheke ngakuye, lamasotja abe abavimbetela ngale ngemuva.
Ngemnyaka weli-18 Jerobowamu, umsa waNebati, abusa ka-Israyeli, kaJuda kwabekwa Abiya, waba yinkhosi.
Batsi basacala kuhlabela nekudvumisa Simakadze, Simakadze wawavimbetela emadvodza aka-Amoni, newakaMowabi kanye newaseNtsabeni iSeyiri, labesangenele live lakaJuda; avele ehlulwa.
Kuhlakanipha kwemuntfu, nekucondza kanye nemyalo longiwo sibili kungeke kukusite, nangabe kucondzene nekumelana naSimakadze.
“Bantfu bami batilima, abangati. Babantfwana labangenangcondvo, abanako nekucondza. Babochwephesha ekwenteni lokubi, abakwati kwenta lokuhle.”
wawayala watsi: “Lalelani kahle. Kufanele lelidolobha nilihlasele ngekulinyonyobela ngemuva. Ningayi khashane nalo. Kufanele nonkhe nihlale niciphile.
Ngako Joshuwa wabakhipha, baya endzaweni lapho bafike babhaca khona emkhatsini weBetheli ne-Ayi, enshonalanga ne-Ayi. Joshuwa wacitsa lobo busuku nebantfu enkambu.