17. Yayisithi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli kuJehoshafati: “Angishongo yini kuwe ukuthi akayikuprofetha okuhle ngami, okubi kuphela, na?”
18. UMikhaya wathi: “Ngalokho yizwani izwi likaJehova: Ngambona uJehova ehlezi esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, nebandla lonke lasezulwini limi ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo sakhe.
19. UJehova wathi: ‘Ngubani oyakuyenga u-Ahabi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli ukuba akhuphuke, afele eRamoti Gileyadi na?’ Omunye washo ukuthi nomunye ukuthi.
20. Kwavela umoya, wema phambi kukaJehova, wathi: ‘Mina ngiyakumyenga.’ UJehova wathi kuye: ‘Ngantoni na?’
21. “Wathi: ‘Ngiyakuphuma ngibe ngumoya wamanga emilonyeni yabaprofethi bakhe bonke.’“Wathi: ‘Uyakumyenga, futhi uyakumahlula; hamba, wenze njalo.’
22. “Bheka, ngalokho uJehova ubekile umoya wamanga emilonyeni yalaba baprofethi bakho; uJehova ukhulumile okubi ngawe.”
23. USedekiya indodana kaKhenahana wayesesondela, wamshaya uMikhaya esihlathini, wathi: “UMoya kaJehova wasuka kimi ngaphi ukuba akhulume kuwe na?”
24. Wathi uMikhaya: “Bheka, uyakukubona ngalolo suku oyakungena ngalo emakamelweni ngamakamelo ukuba ucashe.”
25. Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yathi: “Mthatheni uMikhaya, nimbuyisele ku-Amoni umbusi womuzi nakuJowashi indodana yenkosi,
26. nithi: ‘Isho kanje inkosi, ithi: Fakani lona etilongweni, nimuphe isinkwa sokuhlupheka namanzi okuhlupheka, ngize ngibuye ngokuphila.’ ”
27. Wayesethi uMikhaya: “Uma ubuya impela ngokuphila, uyakube engakhulumanga ngami uJehova.” Wathi futhi: “Yizwani nina bantu bonke.”
28. Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli noJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda base bekhuphukela eRamoti Gileyadi.
29. Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yathi kuJehoshafati: “Ngiyakuziguqula, ngingene ekulweni, kepha wena wembathe izambatho zakho.” Yayisiziguqula inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, bangena ekulweni.
30. Kepha inkosi yase-Aramu ibiyalile izinduna zezinqola zayo ngokuthi: “Ningalwi namuntu, omncane noma omkhulu, kuphela nenkosi yakwa-Israyeli yodwa.”
31. Kwathi lapho izinduna zezinqola sezibonile uJehoshafati, zathi: “Yena uyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli;” zase ziphenduka ukuba zilwe nayo, kepha uJehoshafati wamemeza, uJehova wamsiza; uNkulunkulu wazimukisa kuye.