30 U-Ahiya wabamba le ngubo entsha ayeyigqokile wayidabula yaba imidweshu engu-12. 31 Wathi kuJerobowamu:

“Zithathele imidweshu eyishumi, ngoba yilokhu uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli akushoyo: ‘Ngiyawuhlwitha umbuso esandleni sikaSolomoni, ngizokunika izizwe eziyishumi. +