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.+

6 UJehoyakhimu wafa,+ indodana yakhe uJehoyakhini yasisiba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

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.+