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.
Loli aba Yuda bamo bakaba na kabini nukubungannya amalovwa muminalo nukupanga akabukatila, po bakandizya ivyongo mukaya akakulu nkani kosi kala. Bakachimbilila kunyumba iya Yasoni, ukwinong'ona ukuti pamo ko kuko bangamwagha u Pabuli nu Sila ukuti babafumizizye ku chilundilo icha bantu.
Abantu bosi babo bakaba nintamyo, pamo ni nkongole, pamo batakahoboka pavintu vimo, bakamukonka u Devedi. Abantu pipipipi 400 bakaba poka nu Devedi kulakula, po u Devedi akaba we mulongozi wabo.