20 Kwaoko uSawule wathumela abathunywa ukuba baye kuthabatha uDavide. Bathi bakubona abakhulileyo kubaprofeti beprofeta, noSamuweli emi kwisigxina sakhe phezu kwabo, umoya+ kaThixo waba phezu kwabathunywa bakaSawule, baza bona baqala ukuzenza abaprofeti,+ nabo ngokunjalo.

3 Bandula ke oonyana babaprofeti+ ababeseBheteli beza kuElisha baza bathi kuye: “Ngaba ngokwenene uyazi ukuba namhlanje uYehova uza kuyithabatha inkosi yakho ingabi saba yintloko yakho?”+ Waza wathi: “Nam, ndikwazi kakuhle oko.+ Yithini cwaka.”

38 UElisha wabuyela eGiligali,+ yaye kwakukho indlala+ kwelo lizwe. Oonyana+ babaprofeti babehleli phambi kwakhe,+ ekuhambeni kwexesha wathi kumlindi wakhe:+ “Beka imbiza enkulu yokupheka uze uphekele oonyana babaprofeti isityu.”+

6 Oonyana+ babaprofeti bathi kuElisha: “Khangela, ngoku! Indawo+ esihlala kuyo phambi kwakho ixinene.+