8 Ethubeni uHilekiya umbingeleli omkhulu wathi kuShafan unobhala:+ “Ndiyifumene incwadi yoMthetho+ endlini kaYehova.” Ngoko uHilekiya wayinika uShafan, waza yena wayifunda.+

20 Emva koko ukumkani wayalela la mazwi kuHilekiya, uAhikam+ unyana kaShafan, uAbhedon unyana kaMika, uShafan unobhala noAsaya isicaka sikakumkani: 21 “Hambani, niyokubuza kuYehova ngamazwi ale ncwadi ifunyenweyo, nibuzele mna, abo basashiyekileyo kwaSirayeli noYuda wonke, kuba mkhulu gqitha umsindo kaYehova oza kukhutshelwa kuthi ngenxa yokuba ookhokho bethu abazange bakwenze oko kuthethwa lilizwi likaYehova ngokuthobela yonke into ebhalwe kule ncwadi.”+

24 Kodwa uAhikam+ unyana kaShafan+ wamxhasa uYeremiya, waza akanikelwa ebantwini ukuze bambulale.+

13 Ngoko uNebhuzaradan umphathi woonogada, uNebhushazebhan iRabhesarisi,* uNer­gali-sharetsere iRabhemage* nawo onke amadoda aziintloko kakumkani waseBhabhiloni ­bathumela 14 ukuba kukhutshwe uYeremiya kwiYadi Yoonogada,+ bamnikela kuGedaliya+ unyana ka-Ahikam+ unyana kaShafan,+ ukuba aye naye endlini yakhe. Ngoko wahlala phakathi kwabantu.

11 Yaye abayi-70 kubadala bendlu kaSirayeli babemi phambi kwazo, noYahazaniya unyana kaShafan+ wayemi phakathi kwabo. Ngamnye wayephethe isitya sokutshisa isiqhumiso, kunyuka nelifu lesiqhumiso esiqholiweyo.+