1. Kwathi ngonyaka weshumi elinambini uAhazi engukumkani wakwaJuda wangena embusweni uHosheya, unyana kaEla, waba ngukumkani kwaSirayeli eSamariya. Walawula iminyaka elithoba.
2. Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo, kambe ke noko akafananga nookumkani bakwaSirayeli ababemandulele.
3. Ke uShalmanesere ukumkani waseAsiriya wahlasela uHosheya owayekade ephantsi kwakhe emnika imirhumo.
4. Ukumkani waseAsiriya wafumanisa ukuba uHosheya umgwilikele, kuba wayethumele oonozaku-zaku kukumkani waseJiputa onguSo, futhi ke engasayikhuphi imirhumo awayefudula eyikhupha minyaka le. Ngoko ke uShalmanesere wambamba wamvalela entolongweni uHosheya.
5. Ewe, ukumkani waseAsiriya wahlasela elo lizwe liphela; ke yona iSamariya wayingqinga iminyaka emithathu.