1 Hezekiya abeneminyaka lengema-25 budzala, nakabekwa kuba yinkhosi, wabusela eJerusalema iminyaka lengema-29. Libito lenina bekungu-Abiya, indvodzakati yaZakhariya.
kweta Ahazi, umsa wakhe, kweta Hezekiya, umsa wakhe, kweta Manase, umsa wakhe,
Wafuna Nkulunkulu ngemalanga ekuphila kwaZakhariya, lowamfundzisa kwesaba Nkulunkulu. Ngesikhatsi asafuna Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wamupha imphumelelo.
Ahazi wase uyakhotsama, wafihlwa edolobheni laseJerusalema, kodvwa akazange afihlwe emadlizeni emakhosi aka-Israyeli. Hezekiya, umsa wakhe, waba yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.
Lona ngumbono lowabonwa ngu-Isaya, umsa wa-Amose, ngebakaJuda nangebaseJerusalema ngesikhatsi kusabusa bo-Uziya, naJothamu, na-Ahazi, naHezekiya, emakhosi akaJuda.
Ngiyawubita Uriya, umphristi, naZakhariya, umsa waJeberekhiya, bangimele njengabofakazi bami labetsembekile.”
Livi laSimakadze lelefika kuHoseya, umsa waBheri, ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwemakhosi bo-Uziya, naJothamu, na-Ahazi, naHezekiya, emakhosi akaJuda, nakubusa inkhosi Jerobowamu, umsa waJehoyashi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli:
Ngesikhatsi kaJuda kusabusa boJothamu, na-Ahazi, naHezekiya Simakadze watfuma Mikha waseMoreshethi. Simakadze wembulela Mikha nati tintfo ngeSamariya neJerusalema: