Kepha ngiyakushiya kwa -Israyeli izinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa , onke amadolo anganguqanga kuBali nayo yonke imilomo engamanganga.

Ngalokho ngibizele bonke abaprofethi bakaBali, zonke izinceku zakhe, nabo bonke abapristi bakhe, kungasali muntu, ngokuba nginomhlatshelo omkhulu kuBali; bonke abafunyaniswa bengekho abayikuphila . Kepha uJehu wakwenza ngobuqili ukuba abhubhise izinceku zikaBali.

Wayesethi kuyo : Usho kanje uJehova , uthi: Lokhu uthume izithunywa ukubuza kuBali Zebubi unkulunkulu wase -Ekroni kungokuba kungekho Nkulunkulu kwa -Israyeli ukuba kubuzwe ngezwi lakhe na ? Ngalokho awuyikwehlika embhedeni okhuphukele kuwo, kepha uyakufa nokufa.

U-Ahaziya wawa eheleni lekame lo lakhe eliphezulu laseSamariya , wagula, wathuma izithunywa , wathi kuzo : Hambani nibuze kuBali Zebubi unkulunkulu wase-Ekroni, uma ngiyakusinda kulokhu kugula kwami.

Kepha ingelosi kaJehova yathi ku -Eliya waseThishibi : Suka ukhuphuke ukuhlangabeza izithu nywa zenkosi yaseSamariya , uthi kuzo : Kungokuba kungekho Nkulunkulu kwa -Israyeli ukuba niye nibuze kuBali Zebubi unkulunkulu wase-Ekroni na?

Zathi kuye : Kwakhuphuka umuntu ukuba asihlangabeze, wathi kithi : Hambani, nibuyele enkosini enithumileyo , nithi kuyo: Usho kanje uJehova , uthi: Kungokuba kungekho Nkulunkulu kwa -Israyeli ukuba uthume ukubuza kuBali Zebubi unkulunkulu wase-Ekroni na? Ngalokho umbhede okhuphukele kuwo awuyikwehlika kuwo, kepha uyakufa nokufa.

Yabasusa abapristi bezithombe amakhosi akwaJuda abamisele ukushisa impepho ezindaweni eziphakemeyo e mizini yakwaJuda nanxazonke zeJerusalema, kanye nabashisa impepho kuBali nakulo ilanga n enyanga nezinkanyezi nalo lonke ibandla lasezulwini.

Kepha impendulo kaNkulunkulu ithini kuye na ? Ithi: Ngizishiyele amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa angaguqanga ngamadolo kuBali.

bakha izindawo eziphakemeyo zikaBali ukushisa amadodana abo ngomli lo, abe yiminikelo yokushiswa kuBali , engingakuyalanga, nengingakukhulumanga, nokungangenanga enhliziyweni yami,