Ngako onkhe ema-Israyeli ayiva lendzaba, nakutsiwa: “Sawula uhlasele inkambu yemaFilisti wayehlula, manje-ke ema-Israyeli asasikhubekiso kumaFilisti.” Sonkhe sive samenyetwa, sayawuhlangana naSawula eGilgali.
Jakobe wakhuluma kuboSimeyoni naLevi watsi: “Manje seningiletsele luhlupho, seningibangele kutsi ngitondzeke lapha kulabantfu bakulendzawo, kumaKhenani nakumaPheresi. Mine nginemadvodza lambalwa, ngako nabangahlangana bangihlasele bonkhe kanyekanye, bangangibhubhisa kanye nemndeni wami.”
nibomphendvula nitsi: ‘Tinceku takho tibelusi betinkhomo kusukela ebusheni bato kuze kube ngunyalo, tsine nabobabe betfu.’ Nanimlandzise kanjalo, utanivumela kutsi nakhe lapha eGosheni.” Phela Josefa abesho loku, ngobe emaGibhithe abewubukela phansi umsebenti wekwelusa.
Ema-Amoni atsi kube abone kutsi asatente aba liphunga lelibi kuDavide, ase acasha emasotja emaSiriya lati-20 000, ashuca ngetinyawo esuka eBhethi Rehobu, naseSobha; nasenkhosini yaseMakha kwaphuma emadvodza layinkhulungwane, naseThobu kwaphuma emadvodza lati-12 000.
Takhuluma kuboMosi na-Aroni tatsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze angakubona loko lesenikwentile, anijezise, ngobe senente liphunga letfu lenyanyeka kuFaro nakutiphatsimandla takhe. Senibahlomisile kuze kutsi basibulale kalula.”
Nganyanga yinye ngesusa labelusi labatsatfu. Umhlambi wangenyanya, nami ngadzinwa nguwo,
Simakadze wakhuluma kuJoshuwa, watsi: “Lamuhla ngiligocotile ngalisusa lonkhe lihlazo laseGibhithe kini.” Ngako-ke lendzawo yabitwa ngekutsi yiGilgali kuze kube ngulamuhla.
“Hamba embikwami wehlele eGilgali. Ngitakulandzela ngite kuwe ngitekwenta umnikelo wekushiswa nemnikelo wekuthula, kodvwa wena kufanele ungilindzele emalanga lasikhombisa, ngize ngifike kuwe ngikutjele lofanele kutsi ukwente.”
Akhishi wametsemba Davide, waze wacabanga watsi: “Bantfu bakubo baka-Israyeli bamtondza kakhulu, ngako sewutaba yinceku yami kokuphela.”