25 Ngako Davide wenta loko Simakadze labemyale ngako kutsi akwente, emaFilisti wawabulala yonkhe indlela kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kufike eGezeri.
Kwatsi emvakwaloko, Davide wahlasela emaFilisti, wawehlula, wawemuka emandla ekutibusa wona eveni, watsatsa neMethegi Ama, wayikhipha ekubusweni ngemaFilisti.
Ngako Davide wenta loko Nkulunkulu labemyale kutsi akwente, emaFilisti bawabulala yonkhe indlela kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kufike eGezeri.
Ahamba-ke ema-Israyeli ayawukwenta njengobe abeyalwe nguSimakadze ngaMosi na-Aroni.
Simakadze utawuvuka, njengobe wake wenta eNtsabeni yasePherasimu, lulaka lwakhe luyakumvuselela njengaseSigodzini saseGibeyoni, kutsi ente umsebenti wakhe, yebo, umsebenti wakhe lomangalisako kutsi aphelelisele umsebenti wakhe, yebo, umsebenti wakhe longaketayeleki.
Horamu, inkhosi yaseGezeri, abekhuphuke nemphi yakhe naye atsi utewusita baseLakhishi, kodvwa Joshuwa wabehlula yena nemphi yakhe yonkhe; kwabate ngisho namunye lowaphunyula.
inkhosi yase-Egloni yaba yinye, inkhosi yaseGezeri yaba yinye,
Atizange tikhone kuwacosha emaKhenani labehlala eGezeri; nalamuhla loku emaKhenani seloku ahlala ndzawonye nesive saka-Efrayimu, kodvwa asetjentiswa kamatima.
neKhefari Amoni, ne-Ofni, neGeba. Kwaba ngemadolobha lali-12 akanye nemiti yawo.
Eveni letintsaba kulaka-Efrayimu anikwa iShekhemu, lidolobha lekukhosela kwalowo lonelicala lekubulala, neGezeri,