10. Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wayijonga loo ndawo yayikhonjwa ngumfo wakwaThixo. Kwaba kaninzi uElisha elumkisa ukumkani, waza ke wahlala eyilumkele loo migibe.
11. Le nto ke yamcaphukisa ukumkani wakwa-Aram, waza wabiza amaphakathi akhe, wathi: “Apha phakathi kwethu ngubani ongakumaSirayeli?”
12. Elinye ke laphendula lathi: “Mhlekazi, akukho mntu ungakumaSirayeli apha kuthi; into ekhoyo kukuba uElisha, umshumayeli wakwaSirayeli, wazi namazwi owathethe egumbini lakho lokulala, aze kananjalo awaxelele ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.”
13. Ukumkani wakwa-Aram ke wathi: “Hambani niye kumjonga apho akhoyo, ukuze ndithumele amadoda aye kumbamba.”Ke ilizwi labuya lisithi: “Nanko eDotan.”
14. Waza ke wathumela amahashe neenqwelo nomkhosi owomeleleyo. Bafika ngobusuku, basingqinga isixeko eso.