34 UFaro Nekho wathi esenze njalo wathatha u-Eliyakhimu indodana kaJosiya wambeka ukuthi abe yinkosi esikhundleni sikayise uJosiya, wamtshintsha ibizo waba nguJehoyakhimu. Kodwa wathatha uJehowahazi wahamba laye eGibhithe+ lapho afela khona.+

5 UJehoyakhimu+ wayeleminyaka engu-25 ngesikhathi esiba yinkosi futhi wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka engu-11. Waqhubeka esenza okubi phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe.+

1 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kukaJehoyakhimi+ inkosi yakoJuda, inkosi yaseBhabhiloni uNebhukhadinezari yafika yavimbezela iJerusalema.+