16 Ngelanga elilandelayo uJoshuwa wavuka ekuseni kakhulu wabiza abako-Israyeli wabamisa ngezizwana zabo, kwasekukhethwa isizwana sakoJuda. 17 Wathi usendo ngalunye lwesizwana sakoJuda lume lodwa, kwasekukhethwa usendo lukaZera.+ Ngemva kwalokho wathi umuntu ngamunye wosendo lukaZera asondele, kwasekukhethwa uZabhidayi. 18 Wasesithi umuntu ngamunye emulini kaZabhidayi asondele phambili. Kwasekukhethwa+ u-Akhani indodana kaKhami, indodana kaZabhidayi, indodana kaZera owesizwana sakoJuda.

24 Basebethandaza bathi: “Awu Jehova,* wena owazi izinhliziyo zabantu bonke,+ tshengisa ukuthi nguphi phakathi kwamadoda la osumkhethile