5. Sahlala singqingiwe njalo ke isixeko eso yada yangunyaka weshumi elinanye kakumkani uZedekiya.
6. Kwathi ngomhla wethoba kwinyanga yesine yabe indlala iqatsele apho esixekweni, kangangokuba abantu baphelelwa kukutya.
7. Ke kaloku amaKaledi alugqobhoza udonga lwesixeko, waza umkhosi wonke waseJerusalem wasaba ngobusuku, wemka ngendlela edlula ngasemyezweni kakumkani, waphuma ngesango eliphahlwe ziindonga, wabalekela entilini yeJordan. Ngelo xesha amaKaledi ayesasingqingile isixeko.
8. Kambe ke umkhosi wamaKaledi wasukelisa, waza wamfumana uZedekiya nomkhosi wakhe wonke xa wayesesentilini yaseJeriko. Wahlukaniswa nomkhosi lowo, wona wasarhaka,
9. waza yena wabanjwa. Wathathwa wasiwa kukumkani waseBhabheli eRibhela ezweni laseHamati, owathi yena walithetha ityala lakhe wamgweba.