Jehova besekancumile kutsi bekutawuba nesomiso lesikhulu ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwa-Ahabi, inkhosi lembi yaka-Israyeli. Ngemuva kwekutsi Elija akhiphe simemetelo sekutsi kutawuba nesomiso, Nkulunkulu wambhacisa ku-Ahabi futsi ngalokusimangaliso wondla lomphrofethi ngesinkhwa nangenyama lobekuletfwa ngemahhwabayi. Jehova wabese utsi ku-Elija: “Hamba nyalo uye eSarefathi yaseSidoni uyewuhlala khona. Ngiyale umfelokati wakuleyo ndzawo kutsi akuphe kudla.”—1 Khos. 17:1-9.

Lomfelokati wabona kutsi Elija ungumIsrayeli lowesaba Nkulunkulu. Loku kufakazelwa ngemavi akhe latsi: “Ngifunga kuphila kwaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakho.” Nanobe bekanelwati lolutsite ngaNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, kubonakala shengatsi abengakafiki ezingeni lekutsi atsi “Nkulunkulu wami” nakakhuluma ngaJehova. Abehlala eSarefathi, edolobheni lebelilaseFenisiya leseSidoni, nobe lebeletsembele kuyo. Kungenteka kutsi eSarefathi kwakugcwele bantfu lebebakhonta Bhali. Nanobe kunjalo, Jehova abebone lokutsite lokwamkhanga kulomfelokati.

Nanobe lomfelokati lophuyile waseSarefathi bekahlala nebantfu labakhonta tithico, waba nekukholwa. Jehova watfuma Elija kuye kute kuzuze bobabili, lomfati kanye nalomphrofethi. Kuloku, sitfola sifundvo lesimcoka.

Akusito tonkhe takhamiti taseSarefathi lebekukhontwa kuyo Bhali lebetikhohlakele. Ngekutfumela Elija kulomfelokati, Jehova wakhombisa kutsi uyababona bantfu labalungile labasengakacali kumkhonta. Kuliciniso kutsi “etiveni tonkhe wonkhe umuntfu lomesabako [Nkulunkulu] nalowenta lokulungile uyemukeleka kuye.”—Imis. 10:35.