1 Livi laSamuweli lalivakala lihloniphekile kuso sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli. Ema-Israyeli akhuphuka ayakulwa nemaFilisti. Ema-Israyeli afike akamba e-Ebheni Eza, kwatsi emaFilisti wona akamba e-Afeki.
Entfwasahlobo lelandzelako Bheni Hadadi wahlomisa emaSiriya enyuka aya e-Afeki kuyakulwa nema-Israyeli.
Lawa lamanye avele abalekela edolobheni lase-Afeki, lapho atsi nakefika khona, lubondza lwalelo dolobha lwadzilikela etikwalababeti-27 000 bawo. Bheni Hadadi wabalekela edolobheni, wafike wabhaca ekamelweni lelalingekhatsi endlini.
nebakaGebali, nebaka-Amoni, nebaka-Amaleki, nemaFilisti, kanye netakhamiti taseThire.
“Lamuhla nonkhe nime lapha embikwaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu: baholi benu, netikhulu tenu, nalabadzala benu, netindvuna tenu, nawo onkhe emadvodza esive sema-Israyeli,
inkhosi yase-Afeki yaba yinye, inkhosi yase-Lasharoni yaba yinye,
kusukela eningizimu, kulo lonkhe live lemaKhenani, nekusukela eMeyara yemaSidoni kuze kube nguse-Afeki, emnyeleni welive lema-Amori,
neJanumi, neBhethi Thaphuwa, ne-Afekha,
nase-Uma, nase-Afeki, naseRehobu. Kwaba ngemadolobha langema-22 akanye nemiti yawo.
Kodvwa nyalo senimlahlile Nkulunkulu wenu lowanisindzisa kuto tonkhe tinhlupheko tenu netinhlungu tenu, nase nitsi: ‘Hhayi, sibekele inkhosi.’ Ngako-ke tetfuleni nine cobo lwenu embikwaSimakadze ngetive tenu, nangemindeni yenu.”
EmaFilisti abutsa onkhe emabutfo awo awabutsela e-Afeki, kwatsi ema-Israyeli wona abutsana ngasemtfonjeni loseJezreyeli.
Simakadze wakhuluma kuSamuweli, watsi: “Lalela la, kukhona lengitakwenta lapha ka-Israyeli lokutakwenta kutsi tindlebe talabo labatawuva ngako tincencetse.
EmaFilisti ayihlela imphi yawo atilungiselela kuhlangabetana neyema-Israyeli. Kwatsi imphi seyibambene etulu, ehlulwa ema-Israyeli, ehlulwa ngemaFilisti labulala ema-Israyeli labengaba ti-4 000 emphini.
Atsi kube emaFilisti alitfumbe libhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu, alitsatsa e-Ebheni Eza alimikisa e-Ashdodi.
Samuweli wabe sewutsatsa litje, walimisa emkhatsini waseMispa naseSheni. Waletsa libito watsi yi-Ebheni Eza, atsi: “Simakadze usisite kwaze kwaba ngumanje.”