8. Ke kaloku kwakungekho mvano phakathi kokumkani wakwa-Aram nowakwaSirayeli. Wasuka ke wathetha-thethana namaphakathi akhe ukumkani wakwa-Aram, wathi: “Imikhosi yam ndoyimisa endaweni ethile.”
9. Umfo wakwaThixo wathumela isilumkiso kukumkani wakwaSirayeli, esithi: “Musa ukudlula kwelo cala, kuba ama-Aram ehlela ngakhona.”
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.”