¹ UJehoshafati indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe , waziqinisa ukulwa no-Israyeli. ² Wabeka amabutho emizini yonke ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda , wabeka amakhanda ezweni la kwaJuda, nasemizini yakwa -Efrayimi u -Asa uyise ayithathileyo. ³ UJehova wayenaye uJehoshafati , ngokuba wahamba ngezindlela zokuqala zikayise uDavide, akafunanga oBali, ⁴ kepha wafuna uNkulunkulu kayise , wahamba ngemiyalo yakhe , kungengakwenza kuka-Israyeli. ⁵ Ngalokho uJehova wawuqinisa umbuso esandleni sakhe ; wonke uJuda wathela intela kuJehoshafati, wayenengcebo nodumo olukhulu. ⁶ Inhliziyo yakhe yaphakanyiswa ezindleleni zikaJehova ; futhi wasusa izindawo eziphakemeyo nawo-Ashera kwaJuda. ⁷ Ngomnyaka wesithath u wokubusa kwakhe wathuma izikhulu zakhe oBeni Hayili, no-Obadiya, noZakariya, noNethaneli, noMikhaya ukuba zifundise emizini yakwaJuda, ⁸ zinamaLevi oShemaya , noNethaniya, noZebadiya, no-Asaheli, noShemiramoti, noJehonathani, no-Adoniya, noThobiya, noThobi Adoniya, amaLevi, beno-Elishama noJehoramu, abapristi. ⁹ Base befundisa kwaJuda benencwadi yomthetho kaJehova ; bazungeza baya emizini yonke yakwaJuda, bafundisa phakathi kwabantu. ¹⁰ Kwehlela ingebhe ngoJehova phezu kwayo yonke imibuso yamazwe eyayinxazonke zakwaJuda, ayilwanga noJehoshafati. ¹¹ AmaFilisti athile aletha izipho kuJehoshafati , nesiliva lentela ; nabase- Arabiya baletha kuye imihlambi , izinqama eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa namakhulu ayisikhombisa nezimpongo eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa namakhulu ayisikhombisa. ¹² UJehoshafati wayelokhu ekhula njalo , waze waba mkhulu kakhulu ; wakha izinqaba nemizi yokubekelela kwaJuda. ¹³ Wayenemisebenzi eminingi emizini yakwaJuda kanye namadoda empi , amaqhawe anamandla, eJerusalema. ¹⁴ Nakhu ukubalwa kwabo njengezindlu zawoyise : kwaJuda: izinduna zezinkulungwane: ngu-Adina induna , enamaqhawe anamandla ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu; ¹⁵ emva kwakhe kwakunguJehohanani induna , enezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihiyagalombili; ¹⁶ emva kwakhe kwakungu -Amasiya indodana kaZikiri , owazinikela ngenhliziyo kuJehova , enamaqhawe anamandla ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili; ¹⁷ kwaBenjamini: ngu-Eliyada, iqhawe elinamandla , enabahlome iminsalo nezihlangu abayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili; ¹⁸ emva kwakhe kwakunguJehozabadi , enabahlomele impi abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili. ¹⁹ Yilabo ababekhonza inkosi ngaphandle kwalabo inkosi eyababeka emizini ebiyelweyo kulo lonke lakwaJuda.