Inkosi u-Asa yayisibiza wonke uJuda , akwababikho owayenokuzilandulela, basusa amatshe aseRama nemithi yalo uBahasha ayakhe ngakho; inkosi u-Asa yakha ngakho iGeba lakwaBenjamini neMispa.

USamuweli wayesesuka , wakhuphuka eGiligali , waya eGibeya lakwaBenjamini. USawule wabala abantu abafumaniseka bekuye , kungathi abantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha.

OSawule noJonathani indodana yakhe nabantu ababe naye bahlala eGeba lakwaBenjamini, kepha amaFilisti amisa eMikimashi.

USawule wazikhethela abantu abayizinkulungwane ezintathu kwa -Israyeli; izinkulungwane ezimbili zazinoSawule eMikimashi nasentabeni yaseBetlehema, nenkulungwane yayinoJonathani eGibeya lakwaBenjamini ; abanye abantu wabamukisa, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe.

Abalindi bakaSawule eGibeya lakwaBenjamini babona , bheka, isixuku sahlakazeka, saya ngalapha nangalapha.

Kusasa ngalesi sikhath i ngiyakuthuma kuwe umuntu wasezweni lakwaBenjamini; uyakumgcoba abe ngumholi wabantu bami u -Israyeli, asindise abantu bami esandleni samaFilisti , ngokuba ngibonile abantu bami , lokhu ukukhala kwabo kufikile kimi.

Bawembela amathambo kaSawule noJonathani ind odana yakhe ezweni lakwaBenjamini eSela ethuneni likaKishi uyise ; benza konke okuyalezwe yinkosi. Ngasemuva uNkulunkulu wancengwa ngenxa yezwe. Ukulwa kwamaFilisti

sithathe abantu abayishumi ekhulwini kuzo zonke izizwe zakwa -Israyeli, nabayikhulu enkulungwaneni , nabayinkulungwane ezinkulungwaneni eziyishumi, ukuba balande ukudla kwabantu , nalapho sebefike eGibeya lakwaBenjamini benze ngokobuwula ababenzile kwa-Israyeli.

UmLevi, umyeni wowesifazane ow ayebulewe, waphendula wathi : Ngafika eGibeya lakwaBenjamini, mina nesancinza sami, ukulala khona.

nibone: bhekani, uma amadodakazi aseShilo ephuma ukusina lapho kusinwa khona , anophuma ezivinini , nizibambele, kube yilowo nalowo umkakhe kuwo amadodakazi aseShilo, niye ezweni lakwaBenjamini.

Nasohlangothini lwasempumalanga yizingalo eziyizinkulungwane ezine namakhulu ayisihlanu , namasango amathathu : elinye yisango lakwaJosefa , elinye yisango lakwaBenjamini, elinye yisango lakwaDani.

Bayakufika bephuma emizini yakwaJuda, nasemaphandleni aseJerusalema, nasezweni lakwaBenjamini, nasehlanzeni, nasezintabeni, naseningizimu, beletha iminikelo yokushiswa , nemihlatshelo, neminikelo yempuphu , nenhlaka, befika neminikelo yokubonga endlini kaJehova.

Amazwi kaJeremiya , indodana kaHilikiya , wabapristi ababe se -Anathoti ezweni lakwaBenjamini,

UPhashuri wamshaya uJeremiya umprofethi, wamfaka esitokisini esasingasesangweni lasenhla lakwaBenjamini elalingasendlini kaJehova.

Amasimu ayakuthengwa ngemali , kulotshwe encwadini , kunamatheliswe, kufakazelwe ngofakazi ezweni lakwaBenjamini , nasemaphethelweni aseJerusalema, nasemizini yakwaJuda, nasemizini yasezintabeni, nasemizini yasehlanzeni, nasemizini yaseningizimu, ngokuba ngiyakukubuyisa ukuthunjwa kwabo, usho uJehova.

Wayesefika kimi uHanameli indodana kababekazi egcekeni letilongo njengezwi likaJehova, wathi kimi: Ake uyithenge insimu yami ese -Anathoti elisezweni lakwaBenjamini, ngokuba ilungelo lefa lingelakho , nokuhlenga kungokwakho; zithengele lona. Ngase ngazi ukuthi leli zwi lavela kuJehova.

Emizini yasezintabeni, nasemizini yasehlanzeni, nasemizini yaseningizimu, nasezweni lakwaBenjamini , nasemaphethelweni aseJerusalema , nasemizini yakwaJuda izimvu ziyakubuye zidlule phansi kwezandla zozibalayo , usho uJehova.

uJeremiya waphuma eJerusalema ukuba aye ezweni lakwaBenjamini ukuthola khona isabelo sakhe phakathi kwabantu.

Lapho esesangweni lakwaBenjamini , kwakukhona lapho inkosi yabalindi egama layo lalingu -Iriya indodana kaShelemiya kaHananiya ; yambamba uJeremiya umprofethi, yathi: Uyahlubukela kumaKaledi.

U-Ebedi Meleki umKushe , umthenwa, owayesendlini yenkosi , esezwile ukuthi bamfake uJeremiya emgodini , inkosi ihlezi esangweni lakwaBenjamini,