Umuntu yunuyu akaba we Elimeleki, sona umuchi wache akaba we Nabomi. Po abana bache abalumendo babili banaba akaba we Maloni nu Kiliyoni. Bosi banaba bakaba baluko ulwa Efulayimu aba mu Betelehemu mu Yuda. Po bakabuka mu Mowabu nukwikala mulamula.
Aba Filisiti bakababambika abasilikali babo ukuti balwe ubwite naba Izilayeli, po bakanda pakulwa. Bo bakulwa ubwite, aba Filisiti bakabapota aba Izilayeli nukubaghogha abantu 4,000.