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,