4 AmaKhaledi adiliza umduli wedolobho+ avula isikhala. Wonke amabutho eNkosi uZedekhiya abaleka ebusuku aphuma ngegedi eliphakathi kwemiduli emibili duze lengadi yenkosi. Inkosi yabaleka ngendlela eqonda e-Arabha.+ Ngalesosikhathi amaKhaledi ayelokhu egombolozele idolobho. 5 Ibutho lamaKhaledi layixotshanisa inkosi layithola emagcekeni eJerikho. Wonke amabutho ayo abaleka asabalala ayitshiya. 6 AmaKhaledi ambamba uZedekhiya+ amhambisa enkosini yeBhabhiloni eRibhila, lapho afika wagwetshwa khona. 7 Abulala amadodana kaZedekhiya phambi kwamehlo akhe. Ngemva kwalokho uNebhukhadinezari wabulala uZedekhiya amehlo wamenza waba yisiphofu, wasembopha ngamaketane ekhopha wamusa eBhabhiloni.+

7 Ekucineni amaKhaledi adiliza umduli wedolobho avula isikhala. Wonke amabutho eNkosi uZedekhiya abaleka edolobheni ebusuku aphuma ngegedi eliphakathi kwemiduli emibili duze lengadi yenkosi. Abaleka ngendlela eqonda e-Arabha.+ Ngalesosikhathi amaKhaledi ayelokhu egombolozele idolobho. 8 Ibutho lamaKhaledi layixotshanisa inkosi layithola+ emagcekeni eJerikho. Wonke amabutho ayo abaleka asabalala ayitshiya. 9 AmaKhaledi ambamba uZedekhiya amhambisa enkosini yeBhabhiloni eRibhila elizweni laseHamathi. Inkosi yeBhabhiloni yasimgweba. 10 Yabulala amadodana kaZedekhiya phambi kwamehlo akhe, yabulala lazo zonke izikhulu zakoJuda khonapho eRibhila. 11 Yabulala uZedekhiya amehlo yamenza waba yisiphofu,+ yambopha ngamaketane ekhopha yasihamba laye eBhabhiloni, yafika yamvalela ejele lapho ahlala khona waze wafa.