2 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.
U Goliyati akimilila nukubakolomokela abasilikali aba ba Izilayeli ukuti, “Nkimba choni chicho mwiza mwe binji nkani pakulwa ubwite? Ane ne mu Filisiti, sona amwe mwe bazya aba Sabuli? Musale umuntu weka ukuti alwe nane.
Isiku limo aba Izilayeli bakabuka pakulwa ubwite naba Filisiti. Aba Izilayeli bala bakazenga ivisakasa vyabo mu Ebenezeli, sona aba Filisiti bakazenga ivisakasa vyabo mu Afeki.
Po aba Filisiti bakalwa ubwite nukubapota aba Izilayeli bosi, sona umuntu wesi akachimbilila ku chisakasa chache. Abantu abinji bakaghoghiwa kubwite, umwakuti abasilikali 30,000 aba ba Izilayeli abakwenda pasi bakafwa.