1. Ke kaloku kwathi kunyaka wamashumi amathathu anantandathu wolawulo luka-Asa kwanyuka uBhayesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, weza kuhlasela uJuda, wafika wayingqinga iRama, wavala akwabi nakungena nakuphuma mntu kummandla ka-Asa ukumkani wakwaJuda.
2. Ke uAsa wayithatha isiliva negolide eyayikoovimba bendlu *kaNdikhoyo nakwabo bebhotwe lakhe, waza wayithumela kuBhenadadi ukumkani wama-Aram owayelawula eDamasko.
3. Wathi kuye: “Makubekho umnqophiso phakathi kwam nawe, nanjengokuba wawukhona phakathi kukabawo noyihlo. Nâso isipho endikunika sona: igolide nesiliva. Wuqhawule ke umnqophiso ophakathi kwakho noBhayesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, khon' ukuze andiyeke.”