12. Niyabona, uThixo unathi; nguye osikhokelayo. Nangoku ababingeleli bakhe baza kunihlabel' umkhosi ngamaxilongo abo. Ewe, maSirayeli, musani ukulwa noNdikhoyo onguThixo wooyihlo, kuba ke soze niphumelele.”
13. Ke kaloku uJerobhowam wathumela inxenye yomkhosi wakhe, warhawula uJuda ngasemva, kodwa yena wayengaphambili.
14. UJuda ke wathi akujonga ngemva wafumanisa ukuba uhlaselwa ngaphambili nangesemva. Waza ke wakhala kuNdikhoyo, ababingeleli bona bakhalisa amaxilongo.
15. Ke wona amadoda akwaJuda ahlab' umkhosi. Yathi yakuvakala intlaba-mkhosi, uThixo wamvuthulula uJerobhowam namaSirayeli onke phambi koAbhiya noJuda.
16. AmaSirayeli ke aswantsula phambi koJuda; uThixo wamhlangula uJuda esandleni sawo.
17. UAbhiya namadoda akhe bawabetha amaSirayeli atsho anelahleko enkulu, kwawa amawaka angamakhulu amahlanu eengxwelerha kuloo majoni aziimbalasane akwaSirayeli.
18. Ewe, uSirayeli woyiswa ngeso sihlandlo, uJuda yena wabuya noloyiso, kuba kaloku wayekholose ngoNdikhoyo uThixo wooyise.
19. UAbhiya wamsukelisa uJerobhowam, waza wathimba ezi dolophu: iBhetele, iYeshana ne-Efron namaphandle ayingqingileyo.
20. UJerobhowam ke akaphindanga abe namandla ngethuba lonke lika-Abhiya. UNdikhoyo wambetha, waza ke wafa.
21. Kodwa ke uAbhiya waya esomelela ngokomelela. Wathatha abafazi abalishumi elinesine, waza wazala oonyana abangamashumi amabini anambini neentombi ezilishumi elinesithandathu.
22. Ke ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo luka-Abhiya, imisebenzi neentetho zakhe, nâzo kwincwadi yeembali zomshumayeli uIdo.