1. UJehoshafati wayenengcebo nodumo olukhulu, wahlangana ngobuhlobo no-Ahabi.
2. Ngasekugcineni kweminyaka ethile wehlela ku-Ahabi eSamariya. U-Ahabi wamhlabela yena nabantu ababenaye izimvu nezinkabi eziningi, wamncenga ukuba akhuphukele eRamoti Gileyadi.
3. U-Ahabi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli wathi kuJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda: “Uyakuhamba nami, siye eRamoti Gileyadi, na?”Wathi kuye: “Mina nginjengawe, abantu bami banjengabantu bakho; siyakuba nawe empini.”
4. UJehoshafati wathi enkosini yakwa-Israyeli: “Ake ubuze namuhla izwi likaJehova.”
5. Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yayisibutha abaprofethi, amadoda angamakhulu amane, yathi kubo: “Sihambe siye yini eRamoti Gileyadi ukulwa, noma ngiliyeke na?”Bathi: “Khuphukani, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyakulinikela esandleni senkosi.”
6. Kepha uJehoshafati wathi: “Akusekho mprofethi kaJehova lapha ukuba sibuze kuye na?”
7. Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yathi kuJehoshafati: “Kusekhona umuntu munye esingabuza ngaye kuJehova, kodwa ngiyamzonda, ngokuba akazange aprofethe okuhle ngami, kepha okubi njalo; nguMikhaya indodana kaJimila.”Wathi uJehoshafati: “Inkosi mayingasho njalo.”
8. Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yayisibiza induna, yathi: “Landa masinyane uMikhaya indodana kaJimila.”
9. Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli noJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda babehlezi, kwaba yilowo nalowo esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, bembethe izambatho zabo, behlezi esibuyeni ngasesikhaleni sesango laseSamariya; bonke abaprofethi baprofetha phambi kwabo.