25 U-Amaziya+ indodana kaJehowashi inkosi yakoJuda waphila iminyaka engu-15 ngemva kokufa kukaJehowashi+ indodana kaJehowahazi, inkosi yako-Israyeli.+ 26 Yonke imbali ka-Amaziya, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kuyefika ekucineni, ibhaliwe ebhukwini lamakhosi akoJuda lawako-Israyeli. 27 Kusukela ngesikhathi u-Amaziya etshiya ukulandela uJehova, benza icebo+ lokumhlamukela eJerusalema. Yikho wabaleka waya eLakhishi kodwa bathuma amadoda amlandela khonale afika ambulala. 28 Bamthwala ngamabhiza bayamngcwaba edolobheni lakoJuda emangcwabeni abokhokho bakhe.