1. A shekara ta goma sha takwas ta mulkin sarki Yerobowam, sai Abaija ya ci sarautar Yahuza.
2. Ya yi mulki shekara uku a Urushalima, sunan tsohuwarsa Ma'aka, 'yar Uriyel na Gibeya.Sai yaƙi ya ɓarke a tsakanin Abaija da Yerobowam.
3. Abaija ya tafi da rundunar jarumawansa, dubu ɗari huɗu (400,000) zaɓaɓɓun mutane. Yerobowam shi kuma ya jā dāgar yaƙi don ya kara da Abaija, yana da mutum dubu ɗari takwas (800,000), zaɓaɓɓun mayaƙa ƙarfafa.
4. Sai Abaija ya hau kan Dutsen Zemarayim, wanda yake a ƙasar Ifraimu mai tuddai, ya ce, “Ku kasa kunne gare ni, ya Yerobowam da dukanku Isra'ilawa.
5. Ashe, ba ku sani ba, Ubangiji Allah na Isra'ila, ya ba da sarautar Isra'ila ga Dawuda, da 'ya'yansa maza har abada, ta wurin alkawarin gishiri?
6. Duk da haka Yerobowam ɗan Nebat, baran Sulemanu ɗan Dawuda, ya tashi, ya yi wa ɗan ubangidansa tawaye,
7. waɗansu marasa amfani, 'yan iska, suka taru suka goyi bayansa, suka raina Rehobowam ɗan Sulemanu, saboda a lokacin shi yaro ne, ba shi da ƙarfin zuciya, bai iya tsayayya da su ba.
8. Yanzu kuma, so kuke ku ƙi mulkin Ubangiji wanda yake hannun 'ya'yan Dawuda, maza, saboda yawan da kuke da shi, da gumakan maruƙan zinariya da kuke da su, waɗanda Yerobowam ya yi muku.