46 Ngalelo langa kwafa bakaBhenjamini labati-25 000, onkhe kungemadvodza labetingwazi cobo lwato.
Masinyane nje ngalona lelo langa bakaBhenjamini bahlanganisa emabutfo abo abati-26 000 laphuma emadolobheni awo, bahlanganiswa nalabo bebavele bahlala khona eGibeya lababengema-700, tingwazi cobo lwato.
Simakadze wabehlula bakaBhenjamini embikwa-Israyeli, ngalelo langa baka-Israyeli babhubhisa ti-25 100 temabutfo akaBhenjamini labehlome onkhe aphelele.
Batsi ngesikhatsi bagucuka babaleka bacondze ngasehlane edvwaleni iRimoni, baka-Israyeli babulala emadvodza lati-5 000, bawabulalela etindleleni. Bachubeka babacosha laba bakaBhenjamini, baze bayawubabeka eGidomu, babulala ti-2 000 ngetulu.
Kodvwa emadvodza langema-600 wona agucuka abalekela edvwaleni iRimoni ehlane, lapho ahlala khona tinyanga letine.
Sawula wamphendvula watsi: “Kantsi mine angisiye umBhenjamini yini, lophuma esiveni lesincane kakhulu ka-Israyeli, lona lusendvo lwakitsi aluluncane kakhulu yini kunato tonkhe tinsendvo tesive sakaBhenjamini? Pho, ukhulumelani kimi kanjalo?”