1. Ke kaloku emva kwethuba, kunyaka wesithathu waloo mbalela, uEliya wafikelwa lilizwi *likaNdikhoyo lisithi: “Hamba uye kubonana noAhabhi; ke mna ndiya kuyinisa imvula elizweni.”
2. Ngenene ke uEliya waya kuAhabhi.Ngelo xesha ke imbalela yayibhokile eSamariya,
3. waza ke uAhabhi wabiza uObhadiya owayengumaqhuzu apho komkhulu. (UObhadiya wayenqula uNdikhoyo enyanisekile.
4. Kwathi xa uJezebhele wayebaphumele ngokubabulala abashumayeli bakaNdikhoyo, uObhadiya wathatha ikhulu labashumayeli, waya kubafihla emiqolombeni emibini, wafaka amashumi amahlanu kumqolomba ngamnye, wamana ebapha ukutya namanzi.)
5. UAhabhi ke wathi kuObhadiya: “Khawuhamba-hambe kuwo wonke lo mhlaba, ujonge ngasemithonjeni nasezintilini, hleze kuthi kanti sisengayizuza ingca, ukuze afumane ukutya amahashe neemeyile, abe nokuphila, nathi singade siyibulale imfuyo yethu.”
6. Umhlaba lowo ke bawahlula-hlula, waza uAhabhi waya kwelinye icala, no-Obhadiya waya kwelinye.