26 Ahaziya bekaneminyaka lengu-22 budzala ngesikhatsi aba yinkhosi, futsi wabusa umnyaka munye eJerusalema. Libito lamake wakhe bekungu-Athaliya+ umtukulu* weNkhosi Omri+ yaka-Israyeli.

27 Ngesikhatsi iNkhosi Ahaziya+ yakaJuda ibona loko lebekwenteka, yabaleka ngendlela leyendlula ngasengadzeni lenkhulu.* (Ngemuva kwesikhatsi Jehu wayigijimisa lenkhosi futsi watsi: “Naye mhlaseleni!” Ngako nayo bayigwaza isencoleni ikhuphukela eGuri, lengaseJibleyamu.+ Kodvwa lenkhosi yachubeka ibaleka yaze yayofika eMegido futsi yafela khona.