16 Po u Sabuli nu mwana wache u Yonatani, poka na bantu babo bakaba nawe bakikala mu Gibeya muchisu icha Benjamini. Loli Aba Filisiti bakazenga ivisakasa mu Mikimashi.
Bakudumusannya pabwinjililo ubwa kaya kala, nukughona isiku lyoka pa Geba. Abantu aba muchisu icha Lama bakutetema, aba mukaya akakulu aka Gibeya aka Sabuli bakuchimbila.
U Sabuli akabasala aba Izilayeli 3,000. Aba Izilayeli 2,000 bakaba poka nawe mu Mikimashi muchisu icha mumaghamba icha Beteli, sona aba Izilayeli 1,000 bakaba poka nu Yonatani mu Gibeya muchisu icha Benjamini. Po u Sabuli akababwezya aba Izilayeli abanji bosi kutwaya twabo.
U Yonatani akamughogha usongo uwa basilikali uwa ba Filisiti yuyo akaba mu Geba, po aba Filisiti bakivwa zinizi. U Sabuli akabatuma abantu ukuti balizye ipati muchisu chosi chilachila nukuti, “Aba Hebeli bivwe zinizi.”