8. Kwathi ngonyaka wamashumi amabini anesithandathu uAsa engukumkani wakwaJuda, uEla unyana kaBhayesha waqalisa ukulawula kwaSirayeli, waza walawula eTirza iminyaka emibini.
9. Elinye lamaphakathi akhe uZimri wamenzela iyelenqe. Eli phakathi lalilawula isiqingatha seenqwelo zemfazwe. Ngeli thuba ke uEla wayelibele kukunxila kwa-Arza eTirza. UArza lo ke wayengumlawuli apho komkhulu eTirza.
10. UZimri wangena wambetha wambulala, xa kanye uAsa akunyaka wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe engukumkani kwaJuda. Waza ke wathatha indawo yakhe.
11. Uthe ke uZimri akungena ezintanjeni wayingenela wayibulala indlu kaBhayesha iphela. Wabulala akashiya duna, nditsho isizalwana nesihlobo.
12. Ewe, uZimri wayitshabalalisa yonke indlu kaBhayesha ngokomlomo kaNdikhoyo ethetha ngomshumayeli uYehu ngokubhekiselele kuBhayesha.
13. Le nto ke wayenza ngenxa yezono ezenziwa nguBhayesha nonyana wakhe uEla, nangenxa yokuba uSirayeli bamlukuhlela esonweni, ngeso senzo ke bamxhokonxa uNdikhoyo, waza wakhathazeka uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli yimifanekiso yabo ephuthileyo yezithixo.