7 Choncho anasankha mizinda ina kuti ikhale yopatulika. Mizinda yake inali Kedesi+ ku Galileya m’dera lamapiri la Nafitali, Sekemu+ m’dera lamapiri la Efuraimu, Kiriyati-ariba,+ kutanthauza Heburoni, m’dera lamapiri la Yuda.

9 Patapita nthawi, Abimeleki+ mwana wa Yerubaala, anapita ku Sekemu+ kwa abale a mayi ake. Kumeneko anayamba kulankhula nawo ndiponso kulankhula ndi banja lonse la bambo a mayi akewo kuti:

45 Ndiyeno Abimeleki anamenyana ndi mzindawo tsiku lonse, n’kuulanda. Anapha anthu amene anali mumzindawo+ ndipo anaugwetsa+ n’kuthira mchere panthaka ya mzindawo.+

12 Rehobowamu+ anapita ku Sekemu,+ chifukwa kumeneko n’kumene Aisiraeli onse anasonkhana kuti akamulonge ufumu.