34 Lonkhe lelo langa imphi yayibambene etulu, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli yatisekela yatitintisa encoleni yayo, ibhekene nemaSiriya kwaze kwaba ngukusihlwa. Kwatsi kusihlwa inkhosi Ahabi yafa.
Mikhaya wase uyaphendvula, watsi: “Ngibone onkhe ema-Israyeli ahlakatekile etintsabeni njengetimvu letite umelusi; Simakadze watsi: ‘Labantfu abanamelusi. Nguloyo akatibuyelele ekhaya lakhe ngekuthula.’ ”
Simakadze watsi: ‘Ngubani lotasihungela Ahabi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, kutsi ayewuhlasela iRamothi Gileyadi atiyele yena ekufeni kwakhe?’ “Lomunye waphakamisa loku, lomunye waphakamisa lokwa.
Mikhaya watsi: “Nawungahle nje ubuye uphephile, Simakadze utawube akaze wakhuluma ngami.” Wachubeka watsi: “Nonkhe nine tive, wanakeni lamavi ami!”
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 emkhatsini wemabutfo. Sengilimele.”
Watsi kube Jehoshafati, inkhosi yakaJuda, ancandzeke aphephile, nakefika esigodlweni sakhe eJerusalema,
Lishwa licoshana nesoni; kodvwa imphumelelo ingumvuzo walolungile.
Umuntfu nakanelicala lekubulala, myekele abaleke aze afe.
Kodvwa naningakwenti loko, niyona kuSimakadze, futsi-ke nibociniseka-ke kutsi salakutjelwa sibona ngemopho.