11 Batsi kube bonkhe bantfu baseJabeshi Gileyadi beve ngako konkhe lokwase kwentiwe ngemaFilisti kuSawula,
Afaka tikhali takhe ethempelini labonkulunkulu bawo, aphanyeka inhloko yakhe ethempelini laDagoni.
tonkhe tihlabani takhona tashuca tayakutsatsa letidvumbu taboSawula kanye nemadvodzana akhe batimikisa eJabeshi. Tase tingcwaba ematsambo abo ngaphansi kwesihlahla lesikhulu saseJabeshi, tazila emalanga lasikhombisa.
Ngako base bayabuta batsi: “Ngusiphi sive, etiveni tema-Israyeli, lesingazange site emhlanganweni embikwaSimakadze eMispa?” Bakhandza kutsi bekute ngisho namunye lophuma eJabeshi Gileyadi labetile enkambu kulowo mhlangano.