4 UJehoramu nasele abusa esikhundleni sakayise, wanzinzisa umbuswakhe ngokuthi abulale ngesabula abafowabo+ kuhlanganise namanye amakhosana wakwa-Israyeli.

10 Nje-ke u-Ataliya,+ unina laka-Arhaziya nakabona bonyana indodanakhe ihlongakele, wakhamba wayokubulala zoke iindlalifa zebukhosini bakwaJuda.+ 11 Kodwana uJehotjhabathi+ indodakazi yekosi wathatha uJowatjhi indodana ka-Arhaziya wameba hlangana namadodana wekosi ebewayokubulawa, wamfihla nembelesakhe ngekumbeni engaphakathi. UJehotjhabathi indodakazi yeKosi uJehoramu+ (bekamkaJehoyada+ umphristi begodu angudadwabo laka-Arhaziya) wakghona ukumfihlela u-Ataliya bona angambulali.+ 12 Wahlala nabo iminyaka esithandathu babhace ngendlini kaZimu weqiniso, ngesikhathi u-Ataliya abusa enarheni.