28 Atfotjiswa kanjalo-ke emaMidiyani ngaphansi kwa-Israyeli, akazange aphindze atiphakamise. Ngesikhatsi saGideyoni ema-Israyeli aba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-40.
Ase ubuke nje, titsa takho tiyaphitsitela, nalabo labakutondzako bayakucoloshela.
Simakadze longuSomandla uyakuwashaya ngesiswebhu, njengamzukwana ashaya emaMidiyani edvwaleni lase-Orebi, uyawuphakamisa indvuku yakhe ngetulu kwemanti, njengobe enta eGibhithe.
Ngobe njengasemihleni yekwehlulwa kwakaMidiyani, ulifohlotile lelijoko belingumtfwalo kubo, nemgcala losindzako lobewusemahlombe abo, nendvuku yemcindzeteli wabo.
Ngako live laba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-40, kwaze kwafa Othniyeli, umsa waKhenazi.
Kusukela ngalelo langa emaMowabi aba ngaphansi kwesive sema-Israyeli, live laba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-80.
“Yebo, Simakadze, shangatsi tonkhe titsa takho tingabhubha. Kodvwa labo labatsandza wena bangakhanya njengelilanga naliphumako ngemandla alo.” Live laba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-40.
Gideyoni wenta sidziya segolide, wasibeka edolobheni lakubo i-Ofra. Onkhe ema-Israyeli eta aphinga ngekukhonta sona; loko kwaba lugibe kuGideyoni kanye nemndeni wakhe.
Jerubhali, umsa waJowashi, wabuyela ekhaya kubo.
Ehlulwa kanjalo-ke emaFilisti, akazange aphindze ahlasele live lema-Israyeli. Kuwo onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwaSamuweli sandla saSimakadze sasiphambene nemaFilisti.