12. UYoshafati wathi: “Nanko ke umntu onelizwi likaNdikhoyo!” Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli ekunye noYoshafati nokumkani wase-Edom behla baya kuye.
13. Ke uElisha wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Andinanto yakwenza nawe! Hamba wena uye kubashumayeli bakayihlo nonyoko!”Waphendula ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi: “Hayi kaloku, nguNdikhoyo ngokwakhe osiqokeleleyo thina zikumkani sobathathu, wathi kanti uza kusinikela esandleni samaMowabhi.”
14. Ke uElisha wathi: “Inene, ekho nje uNdikhoyo uSomandla, lo ndimkhonzayo, ukuba bekungeyiyo into yokuba ndihlonele ubukho bukakumkani uYoshafati wakwaJuda, ngendinganijongi nokunijonga, ndinganikhathalele futhi.
15. Kodwa ke khawuze nomdlali wehapu.”Uthe ke umdlali-hapu lowo akuyikhalisa, satsho saphezu koElisha isandla sikaNdikhoyo,