26 neMizpe+ neKefira+ neMotsa,

20 Ngenxa yoko baphuma+ bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli yaye indibano yahlanganisana njengamntu mnye,+ ukususela kwaDan+ kuse eBher-shebha+ kunye nelizwe laseGiliyadi,+ kuYehova eMizpa.+

21 Ke kaloku amadoda akwaSirayeli ayefungile eMizpa,+ esithi: “Ayikho indoda kuthi eya kunikela intombi yayo kuBhenjamin njengomfazi.”+

17 Yaye uSamuweli wababizela ndawonye abantu kuYehova eMizpa+

22 UKumkani uAsa wabiza wonke uYuda+—kwakungekho namnye ukhululekileyo—yaye wathwala amatye namaplanga aseRama, awayesakha ngawo uBhahasha; waza uKumkani uAsa wakha ngawo iGebha+ yakwaBhenjamin, neMizpa.+

23 Xa zonke iintloko zomkhosi wamajoni,+ zona namadoda azo, zevayo ukuba ukumkani waseBhabhiloni wayemisele uGedaliya, ngoko nangoko zeza kuGedaliya eMizpa,+ oko kukuthi, uIshmayeli unyana kaNetaniya noYohanan unyana kaKareya noSeraya unyana kaTanumete umNetofa noYahazaniya unyana womMahakati, bona namadoda abo.

6 Ngako oko uYeremiya wafika kuGedaliya+ unyana ka-Ahikam eMizpa+ waza wahlala naye phakathi kwabantu ababeshiywe elizweni.