10 URehobhowami waya eShekhemu+ ngoba bonke abako-Israyeli babebuthene khona ukuze bambeke ukuthi abe yinkosi.+ 2 UJerobhowami+ indodana kaNebhathi wathi ekuzwa lokho waphenduka evela eGibhithe. (Ngalesosikhathi wayelokhu eseGibhithe ngoba wayebalekele iNkosi uSolomoni.)+ 3 Ngakho bathumela ilizwi bathi ayebizwa. UJerobhowami labo bonke abako-Israyeli balanda uRehobhowami bafika bathi kuye: 4 “Uyihlo wayesithwalise ijogwe elinzima.+ Kodwa nxa wena ungenza umthwalo esasiwuthwaliswe nguyihlo ube lula futhi usiphungulele umsebenzi onzima ayesinike wona, sizakuba zinceku zakho.”