2 Ngemva kweminyaka waya ku-Ahabi eSamariya.+ U-Ahabi wahlabela uJehoshafathi labantu ayehamba labo izimvu* lenkomo ezinengi njalo wamncenga* ukuthi ahambe laye bayehlasela iRamothi-giliyadi.+ 3 U-Ahabi inkosi yako-Israyeli wathi kuJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda: “Uzahamba lami yini eRamothi-giliyadi?” Yena wamphendula wathi: “Mina lawe singabantu banye, labantu bami ngabakho. Sizakuba lawe empini.”