1 EmaFilisti abutsa emabutfo awo awalungiselela imphi, awahlanganisela eSokho yakaJuda. Emisa emathende awo e-Efesi Damimu, emkhatsini weSokho ne-Azekha.
AbenaDavide ePhasi Damimu ngesikhatsi emaFilisti ahlanganele khona kulwa imphi. Endzaweni lapho bekunensimi leyayigcwele ibhali, emabutfo ema-Israyeli awabalekela lamaFilisti.
neBhethi Suri, neSokho, ne-Adulamu,
kantsi ngasona leso sikhatsi nemaFilisti abesahlasele lamadolobha labengaphansi kwetintsaba naseningizimu yelive lakaJuda. Atfumba adla iBhethi Shemeshi, ne-Ayaloni, neGederothi, neSokho, neThimna, neGimzo kanye nemiti leyayiwatungeletile.
ngesikhatsi emabutfo enkhosi yaseBhabhulona alwa neJerusalema kanye nalamanye emadolobha akaJuda labesabambelele angakehlulwa, iLakhishi ne-Azekha. Lawa bekungiwo odvwana emadolobha labebiyelwe labesele kaJuda.
neJamuthi, ne-Adulamu, neSokho, ne-Azekha,
kwakunguletive: emakhosi lasihlanu emaFilisti, nawo onkhe emaKhenani, nemaSidoni, nemaHivi labehlala etintsabeni taseLebanoni, kusukela eNtsabeni iBhali Hemoni kuze kuyewufika eLebo Hamathi.
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.
Sawula wayekela kucosha emaFilisti, nawo avele ancandzeka abuyela eveni lawo.
Kuwo onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwaSawula ema-Israyeli abelwa timphi letesabekako nemaFilisti. Sawula abetsi nakabona indvodza lenemandla nome lenesibindzi, ayitsatse ayifake ebutfweni lakhe.
Atsi kube emaFilisti eve kutsi ema-Israyeli asahlangene eMispa, babusi bemaFilisti baviva beta kuwo batekuwahlasela. Atsi nema-Israyeli kube akuve loko, esaba ngenca yemaFilisti,