Owesizwe sakwa-Efrayimi: uHosheya indodana kaNuni.

Yilawo amagama amadoda athunywa nguMose ukuhlola izwe . UMose wambiza uHosheya indodana kaNuni ngokuthi uJoshuwa.

UHosheya, indodana ka -Ela, wamenzela ugobe uPheka indodana kaRemaliya, wamgenca, wambulala, waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe ngomnyaka wamashumi amabili kaJothamu indodana ka-Uziya.

Ngomnyaka weshumi nambili ka -Ahazi inkosi yakwaJuda uHosheya indodana ka -Ela waba yinkosi eSamariya k wa-Israyeli, wabusa iminyaka eyisihiyagalolunye.

Kwenyuka ukulwa naye uShalimaneseri inkosi yase -Asiriya; uHosheya waba yisikhonzi sakhe, wathela intela kuye.