UMenahemu, indodana kaGadi , wenyuka eTirisa , wafika eSamariya , wagenca uShalumi , indodana kaJabeshi , eSamariya, wambulala, wabusa esikhundleni sakhe.

Ngaleso sikhathi uMenahemu wachitha iThifisa , nakho konke okwakukulo, nemikhawulo yalo , kusukela eTirisa ; ngokuba bengamvulelanga, ngalokho walichitha; nabo bonke abesifazane abakhulelweyo abakulo wabaqaqa.

Ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalolunye ka -Azariya inkosi yakwaJuda uMenahemu indodana kaGadi waba yinkosi kwa-Israyeli, wabusa iminyaka eyishumi eSamariya.

Kwafika ukuhlasela izwe uPhuli inkosi yase -Asiriya; uMenahemu wamnika uPhuli amatalenta ayinkulungwane esiliva ukuba isandla sakhe sibe naye ukuwuqinisa umbuso esandleni sakhe.

UMenahemu wakhiphisa u-Israyeli imali, bonke abantu abacebileyo, kwaba yilowo nalowo amashekeli angamashumi ayisihlanu esiliva ukuwan ika inkosi yase-Asiriya. Yayisibuyela emuva inkosi yase -Asiriya, ayihlalanga khona ezweni.

UMenahemu wayeselala koyise; uPhekaya waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.