4. Ke ukumkani wathetha noGehazi ihlakani lomfo wakwaThixo, wathi: “Khawundixelele ngayo yonke imisebenzi emikhulu eyênziwa nguElisha.”
5. Uthe ke uGehazi esachubela ukumkani indlela uElisha awayebaphilisa ngayo nabafileyo, suka umfazi lowo waphiliselwa unyana wakhe nguElisha, wangena, eze kucela indlu nentsimi yakhe kukumkani kwelo lakowabo.UGehazi ke wathi: “Tyhini, nanku loo mfazi, mhlekazi kumkani! Naloo nyana wakhe wavuswa efile nguElisha, nguye lo.”
6. Ukumkani ke walanda loo ngcombolo apho kuye, waza ke wamchazela.Ngoko ke ukumkani wamnikezela kwesinye isicaka, wathi kuso: “Nika lo mfazi yonke into eyeyakhe, ndawonye nengeniso yomhlaba wakhe ukusukela kumhla walishiya eli lizwe kude kube namhlanje.”
7. UElisha ke waya eDamasko, wafika uBhenadadi ukumkani wakwa-Aram egula. Uthe ke ukumkani lowo akuva kusithiwa: “Umfo wakwaThixo nanko efika apho,”
8. wathetha noHazayeli wathi: “Thatha isipho, uhambe uhlangabeze lo mfo wakwaThixo, uze ubuzise ngaye kuNdikhoyo ukuba ngaba ndiza kuphila na.”
9. UHazayeli ke wahamba, waya kuhlangabeza uElisha, emphathele zonke iindidi zemveliso yaseDamasko, zingumthwalo okwiinkamela ezimashumi mane. Waya kuma phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Unyana wakho uBhenadadi ukumkani wakwa-Aram undithume ukuba ndize kubuza ukuba ngaba wophila na kwisifo esimbambileyo!”
10. UElisha uphendule wathi: “Yiya kumxelela ukuba nakanjani na uza kuphila. Ewe kambe, *uNdikhoyo undityhilele ukuba uza kufa.”
11. Wathi ntsho ngamehlo, wada ke uHazayeli waziva eneentloni. Umfo wakwaThixo ke wathi chapha-chapha iinyembezi.
12. “Ngani ukuba ulile, nkosi yam?” ubuzile uHazayeli.“Ndililiswa kukuqonda umonakalo oya kuwenza kumaSirayeli,” uphendule watsho uElisha. “Ewe, wena uya kuzitshisa iinqaba zawo, abafana ubangenele ngekrele, uze abantwana ubaqhumze emhlabeni, ke bona abafazi abakhulelweyo ubagrabhuze.”
13. UHazayeli uphendule wathi: “Kuxa ndingubani, ndiyinja nje, ukuba ndide ndenze into enjalo?”UElisha waphendula wathi: “UNdikhoyo undityhilele ukuba wena uza kuba ngukumkani wakwa-Aram.”
14. UHazayeli wamshiya uElisha, wagoduka waya enkosini yakhe. Akubuza ke uBhenadadi ukuba uthini na uElisha, uHazayeli wathi: “Uthi uza kuphila.”
15. Kambe ke ngemini elandelayo uHazayeli wathatha ilaphu, walifaka emanzini, waza wafuthanisela ukumkani lowo wada wafa. Akuba efile ke, uHazayeli waba ngukumkani endaweni yakhe.
16. Ke kaloku ngonyaka wesihlanu uYoram unyana ka-Ahabhi engukumkani wakwaSirayeli, uYehoram unyana kaYoshafati ukumkani wakwaSirayeli waqalisa ukulawula kwaJuda.
17. Wayeneminyaka emashumi mathathu anambini ukuqala kwakhe ukulawula, waza ke walawula eJerusalem iminyaka yasibhozo.
18. Wahamba ekhondweni lookumkani bakwaSirayeli, wenza njengendlu ka-Ahabhi. Kaloku wayethathe intombi yakhe. Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo.
19. Kambe ke, ngenxa yesicaka sakhe uDavide, uNdikhoyo akamtshabalalisanga uJuda. Kaloku wayemthembise ngelithi womnika isibane ngoonyana bakhe yonke imihla.