1 UJehoshafati wayenengcebo nodumo olukhulu, wahlangana ngobuhlobo no-Ahabi.
2 Ngasekugcineni kweminyaka ethile wehlela ku-Ahabi eSamariya. U-Ahabi wamhlabela yena nabantu ababenaye izimvu nezinkabi eziningi, wamncenga ukuba akhuphukele eRamoti Gileyadi.
3 U-Ahabi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli wathi kuJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda: “Uyakuhamba nami, siye eRamoti Gileyadi, na?”Wathi kuye: “Mina nginjengawe, abantu bami banjengabantu bakho; siyakuba nawe empini.”
4 UJehoshafati wathi enkosini yakwa-Israyeli: “Ake ubuze namuhla izwi likaJehova.”
5 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yayisibutha abaprofethi, amadoda angamakhulu amane, yathi kubo: “Sihambe siye yini eRamoti Gileyadi ukulwa, noma ngiliyeke na?”Bathi: “Khuphukani, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyakulinikela esandleni senkosi.”