16. Ke kaloku kwakusoloko kuyimfazwe phakathi kuka-Asa noBhayesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli ngalo lonke ixesha lokulawula kwabo.
17. Ukumkani uBhayesha waya kwaJuda, wafika wayingqinga iRama, wavala akwabi nakungena nakuphuma mntu kummandla ka-Asa ukumkani wakwaJuda.
18. Ke uAsa wayithatha isiliva negolide eyayishiyeke koovimba bendlu kaNdikhoyo nakwabo bebhotwe lakhe, wayinikezela kumagosa akhe, wayithumela kuBhenadadi unyana kaTabrimon unyana kaHeziyon ukumkani wakwa-Aram owayelawula eDamasko.
19. Wathi kuye: “Makubekho umnqophiso phakathi kwam nawe, nanjengokuba wawukhona phakathi kukabawo noyihlo. Nâso isipho endikunika sona: igolide nesiliva. Wuqhawule ke umnqophiso ophakathi kwakho noBhayesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, khon' ukuze andiyeke.”
20. UBhenadadi ke wavumelana nokumkani uAsa, waza wathumela iingqwayi-ngqwayi zomkhosi wakhe zaya kuhlasela iidolophu zakwaSirayeli, wayoyisa i-Iyon, nesixeko sakwaDan, neAbhele-bhete-mahaka, neKineroti iphela, kunye nelizwe lonke lakwaNafetali.
21. Akuyiva le nto uBhayesha wayeka ukwakha engqinga iRama, wahlehlela eTirza.