52 Kuwo onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwaSawula ema-Israyeli abelwa timphi letesabekako nemaFilisti. Sawula abetsi nakabona indvodza lenemandla nome lenesibindzi, ayitsatse ayifake ebutfweni lakhe.
EmaFilisti nawo ahlangana ayakulwa na-Israyeli, aba netincola letatiti-3 000 nebagibeli bemahhashi lababeti-6 000, nemabutfo labemanyenti angangesihlabatsi saselwandle. Enyuka ayawumisa eMikmashi, emphumalanga neBhethi Aveni.
Watsi kube Sawula abekwe kuba yinkhosi yema-Israyeli, walwa nato tonkhe titsa takhe letatimtungeletile: emaMowabi, nema-Amoni, nema-Edomu, nemakhosi aseSobha kanye nemaFilisti. Abetsi lapho ajikele ngakhona, ente umonakalo.
Watsi kube Samuweli akhule abe mdzala, wase ubeka emadvodzana akhe kutsi abe tikhulu tema-Israyeli.
watsi: “Naku-ke lokutakwentiwa ngulenkhosi letawubusa etikwenu: Itawutsatsa emadvodzana enu, iwabutse aphume nemphi yayo yetincola nemahhashi, iwakhekhetelise embikwetincola tayo.