3 Ngomnyaka wesi-18 wokubusa kweNkosi uJosiya, inkosi yathuma uShafani unobhala, indodana ka-Azaliya indodana kaMeshulami, endlini kaJehova+ yathi kuye: 4 “Hamba kuHilikhiya+ umphristi omkhulu umtshele aqoqe imali yonke elethwa endlini kaJehova,+ leyo abalindi beminyango abayithatha ebantwini.+

22 UNebhukhadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni wabeka uGedaliya+ indodana ka-Ahikhamu+ indodana kaShafani,+ ukuthi abe ngumphathi wabantu ayebatshiye elizweni lakoJuda.+

24 U-Ahikhamu+ indodana kaShafani+ wamvikela uJeremiya, yikho kazange anikelwe ebantwini ukuthi bambulale.+