17 Jehoyada wabese wenta sivumelwane emkhatsini waJehova nenkhosi kanye nebantfu+ kutsi bebatawuchubeka babantfu baJehova, futsi waphindze wenta sivumelwane emkhatsini walenkhosi kanye nalabantfu.+ 18 Ngemuva kwaloko, bonkhe bantfu baleyondzawo befika endlini* yaBhali, babhidlita ema-al’thare akhe,+ baphihlita tithico takhe+ futsi babulala Mathani umphristi waBhali+ embikwema-al’thare.

Lomphristi wase ubeka babonisi kutsi bengamele indlu yaJehova.+

34 Josaya+ bekaneminyaka lengu-8 budzala nakaba yinkhosi, futsi wabusa iminyaka lengu-31 eJerusalema.+

31 Lenkhosi yema endzaweni yayo yase yenta sivumelwane*+ embikwaJehova, sekutsi itawulandzela Jehova iphindze igcine imiyalo yakhe, tikhumbuto takhe kanye nemitsetfo yakhe ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yayo, nangawo wonkhe umphefumulo* wayo,+ ngekutsi igcine onkhe emavi alesivumelwane labekabhalwe kulencwadzi.+