22 Atsi kube onkhe ema-Israyeli labebhacile eveni letintsaba laka-Efrayimu eve kutsi emaFilisti asayabaleka, nawo ase ayahlasela awacosha ngemuva.
Ema-Israyeli akaNaftali, newaka-Asheri, nawo onkhe akaManase amenyetwa, acosha emaMidiyani.
Atsi kube emadvodza aka-Israyeli abone kutsi simo sawo sasisibi kakhulu, kantsi futsi abesabandzetelekile, abese abhaca emigedzeni, nasetincumatsini, nasemifantfwini yemadvwala, nasemigodzini, nasemitfonjeni.
Ngako bahamba bobabili, bafike batibonakalisa enkambu yemaFilisti. EmaFilisti atsi: “Ase nibuke! EmaHebheru akhokhotela aphuma emigodzini labebhace kuyo.”
Ema-Israyeli labengasesigodzini nalowo bekangesheya kweJordane, atsi kube abone kutsi imphi yema-Israyeli seyibalekile, nekutsi Sawula nemadvodzana akhe sebafile, esuka abaleka, ashiya emadolobha awo. EmaFilisti efika ahlala kuwo lawo madolobha.