24 Ekucineni bangena bayakwenza imihlatshelo leminikelo yokutshiswa. UJehu wayetshiye amadoda angu-80 phandle futhi wayewatshele wathi: “Nxa kungaphunyuka oyedwa phakathi kwabantu laba engibanikele ezandleni zenu, yini elizakufa esikhundleni sakhe.”

19 UHerodi wamdinga yonke indawo kodwa kamtholanga. Yikho wabuzisisa abalindi, wasesithi bayejeziswa.+ Ngemva kwalokho wasuka eJudiya wayahlala eKhesariya okwesikhatshana.

27 Umgcinijele wathi ephaphama wabona iminyango yejele ivulekile wasehwatsha inkemba yakhe efuna ukuzibulala, ecabanga ukuthi izibotshwa zasezibalekile.+