\v 7 \v 8 Ngaleso sikhatsi umboniswa Hanani waya ku-Asa, inkhosi yemaJuda, wafike watsi kuye, ''Ngoba botsembele enkhosini yase-Aram, wangatsembeli kuSimakadze Nkulumkulu wakho, umbutfo wenkhosi yase-Aram sewuphunyukile esandleni sakho. EmaCushites nemaLibyans bekungasiyo yini impi lenkhulu, netincola temphi letinengi kanye nebagibeli bemahhashi emphi? Kodvwa, ngoba watsembela kuSimakadze, wakwenta wabancoba.