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₁UJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda wabuyela ngokuphila endlini yakhe eJerusalema. ₂UJehu, indodana kaHanani umboni, waphuma ukumhlangabeza, wathi enkosini uJehoshafati: “Usiza yini ababi, uthanda abamzondayo uJehova na? Ngalokho intukuthelo iphezu kwakho ivela kuJehova. ₃Nokho kufunyaniswa kuwe nezinto ezinhle, ngokuba ususile o-Ashera* ezweni, wabhekisa inhliziyo yakho ukuba ifune uNkulunkulu.”

₄UJehoshafati wahlala eJerusalema, kepha wabuye waphuma, wahamba phakathi kwabantu, kusukela eBeri Sheba kuze kube sezintabeni, wababuyisela kuJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise. ₅Wamisa abahluleli ezweni emizini yonke ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda, imizi ngemizi, wathi kubahluleli: ₆“Bhekani enikwenzayo, ngokuba anahluleleli umuntu kepha uNkulunkulu, onani ekwahluleleni. ₇Ngalokho ingebhe ngoJehova mayibe phezu kwenu; qaphelani nikwenze, ngokuba ukungalungi akukho kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, nokukhetha ubuso, nokwamukela umvuzo.”

₈Futhi uJehoshafati wamisa eJerusalema kumaLevi nakubapristi nasezinhlokweni zawoyise bakwa-Israyeli abokwahlulela kukaJehova nabombango. Sebebuyela eJerusalema, ₉wabayala wathi: “Niyakwenze njalo ngokumesaba uJehova, ngeqiniso nangenhliziyo epheleleyo. ₁₀Yonke imibango efika kini ivela kubafowenu abahlala emizini yabo phakathi kwegazi negazi, noma phakathi komthetho nomyalo, noma phakathi kwezimiso nezahlulelo, niyakubaxwayisa ngayo ukuba bangabi nacala kuJehova, nehlelwe yintukuthelo nina nabafowenu; yenzani njalo, aniyikuba nacala.

₁₁“Bheka, u-Amariya umpristi omkhulu uphezu kwenu kuzo zonke izindaba zikaJehova, noZebadiya indodana ka-Ishmayeli, umbusi wendlu yakwaJuda, kuzo zonke izindaba zenkosi; namaLevi ayakuba yizinduna ngaphambi kwenu. Yibani namandla ekwenzeni kwenu, uJehova uyakuba nabalungileyo.”