45 Ema-Amaleki nemaKhenani labehlala kulelo live letintsaba ehla atewubahlasela, abehlula abacosha, adzimate ababeka eHoma.
Nenkemba yayo ayikadli enyameni, wayenta yehluleka ngisho nekubhekana nemphi.
Mosi wachubeka watsi: “Ngobe tandla taphakanyiselwa kuSimakadze wasipha kuncoba. Simakadze uyawuchubeka nekulwa nema-Amaleki titukulwane ngetitukulwane.”
Ema-Amaleki ahlala eningizimu nelive; emaHethi, nemaJebhusi, nema-Amori wona ahlala eveni letintsaba, emaKhenani ahlala ngaselwandle, nangasemfuleni iJordane.”
ngobe ema-Amaleki nemaKhenani atawuhlangana nani lapho. Njengobe nisukile kuSimakadze, naye angeke abe nani, ngako nitakuwa ngelusiko lwenkemba.”
Simakadze wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi:
Simakadze wakulalela waba neluvela ngema-Israyeli, wawanika emaKhenani. Ema-Israyeli abhubhisa onkhe emaKhenani kanye nemadolobha awo; ngako-ke leyo ndzawo yetsiwa libito kwatsiwa yiHoma.
Ema-Amori, labehlala kuleto tintsaba, aphuma anihlasela, anicosha anitselekela njengelibulo letinyosi, anishaya anilahla phansi kusukela eSeyiri kuze kuyewufika eHoma.
Kodvwa indvodza yinye ingawacosha kanjani emadvodza layinkhulungwane, nome-ke lamabili acoshe emadvodza latinkhulungwane letilishumi, ngaphandle kwekutsi Lidvwala labo libatsengisile, ngaphandle kwekutsi Simakadze ubanikele kubo?
labulala emadvodza langema-36 aka-Israyeli. Bawacosha ema-Israyeli bawesusa esangweni lelidolobha bayakuwangenisa eShebarimu, bawagwazela emaceleni etintsaba. Tinhlitiyo tesive sema-Israyeli natikubona loku, tashona phansi, taphelelwa ngemandla.
Emadvodza akaJuda ahamba nesive sakaSimeyoni, bomnakabo, ayawuhlasela emaKhenani labehlala eSefathi, balibhubhisa balicedza lonkhe lelo dolobha. Ngako labe selibitwa ngekutsi yiHoma.
Davide nemadvodza akakhe benyuka bayawuhlasela emaGeshuri, nemaGizi kanye nema-Amaleki. Kusukela etikhatsini takadzeni letive tatihlala kulelo live, kuze kuyekufika eShuri naseGibhithe.
nakulabo lababeseHoma, naseBhori Ashani, nase-Athakhi,
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.