UJerobowamu wayeselala koyise , amakhosi abakwa -Israyeli; uZakariya waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

Ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalombili ka -Azariya inkosi yakwaJuda, uZakariya, indodana kaJerobowamu , wayeyinkosi kwa -Israyeli eSamariya izinyanga eziyisithupha.

UZakariya indodana kaMeshelemiya wayengumlindisango etendeni lokuhlangana.

UMoya kaNkulunkulu wembesa uZakariya indodana kaJehoyada umpristi; wema ngaphezu kwabantu , wathi kubo : Usho kanje uNkulunkulu , uthi: Neqelani imiyalo kaJehova ukuba ningabi nampumelelo na ? Ngokuba nimshiyile uJehova, naye unishiyile nina.

kanye nam adodana athile abapristi ephethe amacilongo : uZakariya kaJonathani, kaShemaya, kaMathaniya, kaMikhaya, kaZakuri, ka-Asafa,

UZakariya eyibona wethuka, wehlelwa luvalo.

UZakariya wathi engelosini : Ngiyakukwazi ngani lokhu na ? Ingani sengiyindoda endala mina, nomkami uqhubekile ezinsukwini zakhe.

Abantu bemlindele uZakariya bamangala ngokulibala kwakhe ethempelini.

Kwathi ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili beza ukusoka umntwana , bamqamba ngegama likayise uZakariya.

UZakariya uyise wagcwala uMoya oNgcwele, waprofetha wathi: