2 UJeshuwa+ indodana kaJehozadakhi labanye abaphristi kanye loZerubhabheli+ indodana kaSheyalithiyeli+ labafowabo, basukuma bakha i-alithare likaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ukuze banikele kulo imihlatshelo yokutshiswa njengoba nje kwakulotshiwe eMthethweni kaMosi,+ umuntu kaNkulunkulu weqiniso.

8 Ngomnyaka wesibili bephendukile eJerusalema endlini kaNkulunkulu weqiniso, ngenyanga yesibili, uZerubhabheli indodana kaSheyalithiyeli, loJeshuwa indodana kaJehozadakhi, labo bonke abafowabo labaphristi lamaLevi bawuqalisa umsebenzi bekanye labantu bonke ababuya eJerusalema bevela ekuthunjweni.+ Babeka amaLevi ayeleminyaka engu-20 kusiya phezulu ukuthi akhangele umsebenzi wokwakha indlu kaJehova.