31 UJehowahazi+ wayeleminyaka engu-23 ngesikhathi esiba yinkosi njalo wabusa eJerusalema okwenyanga ezintathu. Unina kwakunguHamuthali+ indodakazi kaJeremiya waseLibhina. 32 Waqalisa ukwenza okubi phambi kukaJehova elandela konke okwakusenziwa ngokhokho bakhe.+ 33 UFaro Nekho+ wambopha wamvalela ejele eRibhila+ elizweni leHamathi ukuze angabusi eJerusalema. Ngemva kwalokho wathi abantu belizwe babhadale amathalenta* esiliva angu-100 lethalenta elilodwa legolide.+ 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.+

4 UNekho+ inkosi yeGibhithe wabeka u-Eliyakhimu umfowabo kaJehowahazi ukuthi abe yinkosi yakoJuda leJerusalema, wamtshintsha ibizo waba nguJehoyakhimu. Kodwa wathatha umfowabo uJehowahazi wahamba laye eGibhithe.+

11 “Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova ngoShalumi*+ indodana kaJosiya inkosi yakoJuda, obusa esikhundleni sikayise uJosiya+ njalo osesukile endaweni le, uthi: ‘Kasoze aphinde aphenduke. 12 Uzafela endaweni leyo abamthumbe bamhambisa kuyo. Kasoze aphinde alibone ilizwe leli.’+