1. Ke kaloku uYoshafati wayemkhulu ngobutyebi nesidima, waza wazihlobanisa noAhabhi ngobulawu.
2. Emva kweminyaka ke waya kutyelela uAhabhi eSamariya. UAhabhi ke wamxhelela iigusha ezininzi, ngokunjalo neenkomo, esenzela yena neqela lakhe; kananjalo wamcenga ukuba ahlasele iRamoti yaseGiliyadi.
3. UAhabhi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wacela uYoshafati wathi: “Uya kuhamba nam na, silwe neRamoti yaseGiliyadi?”UYoshafati wathi: “Mna nawe sibanye; abantu bam ngabantu bakho. Siya kuba kunye kule mfazwe.”
4. Kodwa ke uYoshafati waleka ngelithi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Khawuqale ubuzise *kuNdikhoyo.”
5. Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli waqokelela abashumayeli abangamakhulu amane, wabuza wathi: “Singaya kulwa na neRamoti yaseGiliyadi, okanye ndirhoxe?”Bathi: “Yiya; uThixo uza kuyinikela esandleni sikakumkani.”
6. Kambe ke uYoshafati wathi: “Akusekho mshumayeli kaNdikhoyo na apha esinokubuza kuye?”