39 UZadokhi umphristi wathatha uphondo lwamafutha+ etendeni+ wagcoba uSolomoni.+ Basebetshaya uphondo, abantu bonke baqalisa ukumemeza besithi: “Kayibe lempilo ende iNkosi uSolomoni!” 40 Ngemva kwalokho bonke bamlandela behamba betshaya amafluthi bethokoza kakhulu, kwaze kwanyikinyeka umhlaba ngenxa yomsindo wabo.+

12 UJehoyada waphuma lendodana yenkosi,+ wabeka umqhele ekhanda layo kanye lencwadimgoqwa yoMthetho.+ Bagcoba indodana yenkosi bayibeka ukuthi ibe yinkosi, basebeqalisa ukuqakeza besithi: “Kayibe lempilo ende inkosi!”+

14 Wabona inkosi imi eceleni kwensika, njengoba nje babesenza nxa kubekwa inkosi.+ Izinduna lababetshaya amacilongo+ babemi lenkosi futhi bonke abantu babethokoza betshaya amacilongo. U-Athaliya wathi ebona lokho wadabula izigqoko zakhe wamemeza wathi: “Bayahlamuka! Bayahlamuka!”

39 Bahlala loDavida okwamalanga amathathu, besidla futhi benatha lokho ababekulungiselwe ngabafowabo. 40 Lalabo ababeseduze kwabo, kugoqela lababekhatshana khonale ko-Isakhari lakoZebhuloni lakoNafithali baletha ukudla bekuthwele ngabobabhemi, langamakamela, lezimbongolo* kanye lenkomo. Baletha ifulawa lamakhekhe enziwe ngamagilebisi awonyisiweyo langamakhiwane. Baletha lewayini, lamafutha, lenkomo, lezimvu ezinengi kakhulu, ngoba abantu babethokoza ko-Israyeli.