1 U-Ahabi wayenamadodana angamashumi ayisikhombisa eSamariya. UJehu waloba izincwadi, wazithuma eSamariya ezinduneni zaseJizreyeli kumalunga nakubondli bakwa-Ahabi, wathi:
2 “Manje njengalokhu le ncwadi ifika kinina, lokhu amadodana enkosi yenu ekini, kukhona futhi kini izinqola namahhashi, kanye nomuzi obiyelweyo, nezikhali,
3 ziboneleni enhle nefaneleyo kumadodana enkosi yenu, niyibeke esihlalweni sobukhosi sikayise, nilwele indlu yenkosi yenu.”
4 Kepha besaba kakhulu impela, bathi: “Bheka, amakhosi amabili awemanga phambi kwakhe; pho, thina singema kanjani na?”