10 BoZeba naSalmuna babeseKhakhori kanye nemphi yabo leyayinemadvodza labengaba ti-15 000, bonkhe lababesele emabutfweni etive tangasemphumalanga. Kwase kufe emadvodza lati-120 000, tingwazi cobo lwato.
Yatsi kube inkhosi yakaMowabi ibone kutsi yehluliwe, yabe seyitsatsa emadvodza labengema-700 labehlome ngetinkemba, yetama kudzabula ekhatsi icondze enkhosini yaka-Edomu, kodvwa behluleka.
Abiya kanye nemasotja akhe behlula ema-Israyeli kakhulu, kangangekutsi kwaze kwafa ema-Israyeli, emadvodza elikhetselo, lati-500 000.
Ngalanga linye nje Phekha, umsa waRemaliya, wabulala emasotja lati-120 000 akaJuda, ngobe phela Juda abesashiye Simakadze, Nkulunkulu waboyisemkhulu.
Ema-Israyeli atfumba kulabomnakabo bantfu labati-200 000, lekwakubafati, nemadvodzana kanye nemadvodzakati. Baphindze bashuba nemphango lenkhulu kabi, lababuyela nayo eSamariya.
Ngako ingilosi yaSimakadze yaphuma yabhubhisa emadvodza lati-185 000, labesenkambu yema-Asiriya. Batsi bantfu nabavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhangwa lucaca lwetidvumbu!
Ngobe njengasemihleni yekwehlulwa kwakaMidiyani, ulifohlotile lelijoko belingumtfwalo kubo, nemgcala losindzako lobewusemahlombe abo, nendvuku yemcindzeteli wabo.
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.
Baka-Israyeli sebabonkhe, ngaphandle kwebakaBhenjamini, babutsa emabutfo lati-400 000, tingwazi todvwana.
Baholi bato tonkhe tive tema-Israyeli batsatsa tindzawo tabo enhlanganweni yesive saNkulunkulu, bekubantfu labangema-400 000, emabutfo odvwa ahlome aphelele.
Ngalelo langa bakaBhenjamini batsi kube baphume eGibeya, kuyakulwa nebaka-Israyeli, bafike babulala lamanye emavodza aka-Israyeli lati-18 000, labehlome aphelele.
Simakadze wabehlula bakaBhenjamini embikwa-Israyeli, ngalelo langa baka-Israyeli babhubhisa ti-25 100 temabutfo akaBhenjamini labehlome onkhe aphelele.
Ngalelo langa kwafa bakaBhenjamini labati-25 000, onkhe kungemadvodza labetingwazi cobo lwato.
Tatitseleka kanye netifuyo tato nemathende ato, kube shangatsi ngemabulo esikhonyane. Kute labengakhona kubala emadvodza nemakamela ato. Tatihlasela live lonkhe tentele kulibhubhisa.
EmaMidiyani, nema-Amaleki, nato tonkhe tive tangasemphumalanga tatimise esigodzini, titse gwacalala njengemabulo esikhonyane. Emakamela ato abengeke asabaleka, abesafanana nesihlabatsi selusentse lwaselwandle.
Gideyoni wefika ngesikhatsi lenye indvodza isalandzisa umnganayo liphupho itsi: “Ngibhudze sinkhwa sebhali lesiyindingilizi sita sigicikela enkambu yemaMidiyani. Sifike sashaya lithende ngemandla laze lasiphuka, lafohloka.”
Atsi kube lamacilongo langema-300 akhale, Simakadze wasanganisa onkhe lawo madvodza labekuleyo nkambu yemaMidiyani, agucukelana odvwana, agwazana. Imphi yonkhe yesuka yabaleka yacondza eBhethi Shitha kuya eSerera, kuze kuyewufika emnyeleni we-Abela Mehola, eceleni kweThabhathi.
Gideyoni wenyuka ngendlela yetihambi emphumalanga yeNoba neJogbeha, watitsela etikwalamabutfo, wona angakacapheli.