28 Inkosi yathi isibonisane labeluleki bayo yabumba amathole amabili egolide,+ yasisithi ebantwini: “Ukuya eJerusalema kulithwalisa nzima. Nangu uNkulunkulu wenu owalikhipha elizweni laseGibhithe bantu bako-Israyeli!”+ 29 Elinye ithole legolide walifaka eBhetheli,+ elinye walifaka koDani.+ 30 Lokhu kwenza ukuthi abantu bone.+ Babehamba baze bayefika koDani besiyakhonza ithole elalikhonale.

33 Lanxa kwenzakala konke lokhu, uJerobhowami kazange atshiye okubi ayekwenza. Waqhubeka ebeka abaphristi ayebakhetha ebantwini nje+ ukuthi basebenze ezindaweni eziphakemeyo. Wayefaka loba ngubani owayefuna ukuba ngumphristi, esithi: “Laye kabe ngumphristi ezindaweni eziphakemeyo.”+ 34 Isono lesi esasisenziwa ngabendlu kaJerobhowami+ senza batshabalaliswa bonke baphela du.+