2. Kambe ke kwafika eli lizwi *likaNdikhoyo kuShemaya umfo wakwaThixo lisithi:
3. “Thetha noRehobhowam unyana kaSolomon ukumkani wakwaJuda namaSirayeli onke kwaJuda nakwaBhenjamin, uthi:
4. ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Musani ukuya kulwa namawenu. Godukani nonke ngabanye, kuba le nto yenziwe ndim.’ ” Ngoko ke bawathobela amazwi kaNdikhoyo, babuya ekuhlaseleni uJerobhowam.
5. URehobhowam wema eJerusalem, waza wazihlaziya wazakha iidolophu ezithile ukukhusela uJuda.
6. Wahlaziya iBhetelehem, iEtam, iTekowa,
7. iBhete-zure, iSoko, iAdulam,
8. iGati, iMeresha, iZifi,
9. iAdorayim, iLakishe, iAzeka,
10. iZoram, iAyalon, neHebron. Ezi yayiziidolophu ezinqatyisiweyo kwaJuda nakwaBhenjamin.
11. Wazomeleza iinqaba zazo, wafaka iingqwayi-ngqwayi kuzo nesixhaso sokutya, amafutha omnquma, newayini.
12. Kuzo zonke ezi zixeko wabeka amakhaka nemikhonto, wazitsho zomelela kunene. Ngoko ke uJuda noBhenjamin yaba ngabakhe.
13. Ke kaloku ababingeleli nabaLevi bazo zonke izithili bawelela ngakuye.
14. AbaLevi bayishiya imihlaba yabo ngokunjalo namadlelo abo, baya kwaJuda naseJerusalem, kuba uJerobhowam noonyana bakhe babubukula ububingeleli babo ngokumiselwa *nguNdikhoyo.