7. UAzariya waya kuphumla kooyise, waza wangcwatywa phakathi kwabo kwisixeko sikaDavide. Endaweni yakhe kwangena uYotam unyana wakhe.
8. Ngonyaka wamashumi amathathu anesibhozo uAzariya engukumkani wakwaJuda, uZakariya unyana kaJerobhowam waba ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli eSamariya isithuba seenyanga ezintandathu.
9. Naye wenza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo kwanjengooyise. Zange ashenxe kwizono zikaJerobhowam unyana kaNebhati, ezo walukuhlela amaSirayeli kuzo.
10. Ke kaloku uShalum unyana kaYabheshe wamenzela iyelenqe uZakariya. Wamhlasela phambi kwabantu wambulala, waza wangena ezihlangwini zakhe wangukumkani.
11. Ke ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo lukaZakariya nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaSirayeli.
12. Lazaliseka ke ilizwi likaNdikhoyo awalithetha kuYehu lisithi: “Indlu yakho iya kumlawula uSirayeli kude kube sisizukulwana sesine.”
13. Ke kaloku uShalum unyana kaYabheshe waba ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli kunyaka wamashumi amathathu anethoba u-Uziya engukumkani wakwaJuda, walawula inyanga yanye eSamariya.
14. Kwasuka uMenahem unyana kaGadi eTirza, waya eSamariya, wafika wahlasela uShalum, unyana kaYabheshe, wambulala, waza wangena esikhundleni sakhe.
15. Ke ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo lukaShalum, neyelenqe awaliqulunqayo, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaSirayeli.
16. Ngelo xesha ke uMenahem wasuka eTirza, wahlasela iTifesa nabo bonke ababekweso sixeko nemimandla. Kaloku bona basuka bala ukuvula amasanga abo bezinikezela kuye. Wavuthulula bonke apho, wada wagrabhuza nabafazi abakhulelweyo.