\v 3 \v 4 \v 5 Ngakoke-ke batfumela bambita Jeroboam, yena na-Izrayeli wonkhe beta, bakhuluma kuRehoboam batsi, ''Uyihlo wenta lijoko letfu lasindza kakhulu. Kepha nyalo, yenta umsebenti weyihlo abemelula, nciphisa lelijoko lelisindzako lasitfwesa lona, sitobese siyakusebentela tsine.'' Rehoboam watsi kubo, ''Hambani nibuye ngemuva kwemalanga lamatsatfu.'' Ngako-ke bahamba.