Bo aba Amoni bazyaghannya ukuti bipalaghulila ubukali ubwa Devedi, bakabasimba imbombo iya bwite abasilikali 20,000 abakwenda pasi aba mu Siliya naba mu Beti Lehobu naba mu Zoba nu mwene wamu Maaka poka na basilikali 1,000 sona na basilikali 12,000 aba mu Tobu.
Aba Amoni bakiza nukubamba mumizele iya bwite pamulyango uwa kaya akakulu nkani kala, bo aba Siliya aba mu Zoba naba mu Lehobu sona abantu aba mu Tobu naba mu Maaka bakaba bene mwikombe.
Bo u Abisalomu ali pakubika ivyakwiyipa, akamwitizya u Ahitofeli uwa mukaya aka Giloni, yuyo akamulingannyanga amahala u Devedi. Po ukusambuka kunuku kukaba kwa maka nkani, sona abantu babo bakamukonka u Abisalomu bakaba binji nkani.
U Yayili uwa luko ulwa manase nkamugabila ichigaba chosi icha Aligobi mupaka kumpaka iya chisu icha Geshuli, ni chisu icha Maaka. Akakita akaya kala ni tabwa lyache umwakuti nilelo ichisu icha Bashani chikwitiziwanga ukuti utwaya utwa Havoti Yayili.
Po u Devedi akamulalusya u Ahimeleki umu Hiti, sona nu mukulu uwa Yowabu, umwana uwa Zeluya akati, “Nkimba wewenu yuyo angabuka nane muvisakasa ivya Sabuli?” U Abishayi akamula akati, “Nene.”