10 U-Asa wathi ekuzwa lokho wamzondela kakhulu uHanani umboni. Wamfaka ejele ngoba wayemthukuthelele njalo waqalisa lokuphatha kubi abanye abantu embusweni wakhe.

7 Inkosi yako-Israyeli yaphendula uJehoshafathi yathi: “Ukhona oyedwa+ esingabuza kuye ukuthi uJehova uthini kodwa ngiyamzonda ngoba kakaze aphrofethe okuhle ngami, uhlala ephrofetha okubi.+ NguMikhaya indodana ka-Imla.” Kodwa uJehoshafathi wathi: “Inkosi kayingatsho njalo.”

21 Ngakho nanku okutshiwo nguJehova ngamadoda e-Anathothi+ afuna ukukubulala esithi: “Ungaphrofethi ngebizo likaJehova+ ngoba sizakubulala,”

11 Abaphristi labaphrofethi bakhuluma lezikhulu labantu bonke bathi: “Umuntu lo kumele abulawe+ ngoba uphrofethe okubi ngedolobho leli njengoba lani lizizwele ngezenu indlebe.”+