12 Rehobhowamu waya eShekhemu ngoba onkhe ema-Israyeli aya eShekhemu+ ayombeka kutsi abe yinkhosi.+ 2 Ngekushesha nje Jerobowamu indvodzana yaNebati nakakuva loku (abesolo aseGibhithe ngobe abebalekele iNkhosi Solomoni futsi ahlala eGibhithe),+ 3 batfumela kutsi ayolandvwa. Ngemuva kwaloko, Jerobowamu kanye naso sonkhe sive saka-Israyeli, baya kuRehobhowamu bafike batsi: 4 “Babe wakho wasetfwesa lijoka lelimatima.+ Kodvwa nangabe wena ungenta kutsi lomsebenti lomatima lebekasentisa wona ube melula, bese ulenta libe lula lelijoka lelimatima* labekasetfwese lona, tsine sitawuba ngakuwe.”