9 Jehoyakhini abeneminyaka leli-18 budzala, nakabekwa kuba yinkhosi. Wabusela eJerusalema tinyanga letintsatfu nemalanga lalishumi. Wenta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze.
Simakadze utsi: “Kuphila kwami, ngisho nawe Jehoyakhini, msa waJehoyakimu, inkhosi yakaJuda, bewuyindandatho yeluphawu esandleni sami sekudla, nanyalo ngisengakudvonsa ngikususe.
Lapha kwakusemuva kwenkhosi Jehoyakhini, nendlovukazi, nebatsenwa, nebaholi bakaJuda nebaseJerusalema, nebakhandzi betinsimbi kanye nebabati labatingcweti sebatfunjiwe bayiswa ekudzingisweni besuswa eJerusalema.
Sedekiya, umsa waJosaya, wabekwa waba yinkhosi yakaJuda, abekwa nguNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona; wabusa esikhundleni saJehoyakhini, umsa waJehoyakimu.
Lajangaza emkhatsini wemabhubesi, ngobe phela lase lilibhubesi lelicinile. Lafundza kudladlabula tinyamatane, lakhona nekushwabudzela bantfu.