16 Yeke uJotjhuwa wavuka ekuseni ngakusasa wabiza u-Israyeli, ikoro ngekoro, kwakhethwa ikoro yakwaJuda. 17 Wabiza imindeni yakwaJuda, kwakhethwa umndeni wamaZerarhi,+ ngemva kwalokho wabiza umndeni wamaZerarhi, indoda nendoda, kwakhethwa uZabidi. 18 Ekugcineni wabiza umuzi kaZabidi, indoda nendoda begodu kwakhethwa u-Akani indodana kaKarimi, indodana kaZabidi, indodana kaZerarhi wekoro yakwaJuda.+

24 Bathandaza bathi: “Wena, Jehova,* owazi iinhliziyo zabo boke,+ tjengisa ukuthi ukhethe bani emadodeni amabili la