2 Bamatanjilili ba mikowa yoonse ya bene Isilaeli bakesa mukubungana pantu pomwi abantu bakwe Lesa bamwi. Kwakalinga bashilumamba bali 400,000 ba panshi balwanisha mipeeni.
Muciindi ico Seba aSalimuna bakalinga kundabala ya Kaliko abashilumamba babo bali 15,000 abo bakacaalaawo. Bashilumamba babo bali 120,000 kabali bacaikwa kale.
Lyalo bene Isilaeli boonse kukushakobo bene Benjameni bakabunganya bashilumamba bali 400,000 beshikulwanisha mipeeni.
Bushiku ubu bene Benjameni bakabunganya bashilumamba bali 26,000 beshikulwanisha mipeeni. Kwakalinga abamwi bashilumamba abo bakasalwa kuswa muGibiya bali 700.
Mwaami wa bene Moabu ndyaakabona ayi waalilwa kukoma nkondo iyo, wakabwesa beshikulwanisha mipeeni bali 700 akweelesha kwiinda pakati ka balwani bakwe ayi alobokele kuEdomu, sombi wakaalilwa.
Mpomunyaawo bakaluula mweelo wa basankwa boonse beelete kuya kunkondo. Mucishi ca Isilaeli bakalinga 800,000, mucishi ca Juda kamuli bali 500,000.
Paciindi ceenka ico bene Benjameni bakanyumfwa ayi bene Isilaeli bamwi bali kuMisipa. Mpeeke bene Isilaeli bakeepusha mwine Lefi ulya ayi, “Tulwiite cintu ici cilensha nsoni mbocakacitika.”
Saulo wakababunganishisha kuBeseki. Bashilumamba bakaswa muIsilaeli bakalinga 300,000, abalo bakaswa kuJuda bakalinga 30,000.
Mpeeke bene Isilaeli bamwi boonse bakabungana kuShilo ayi bakaye bakabalwaane.
Mpeeke mwanakashi uyo wakaamba ayi, “Ino mwacitilanshi cilubo ca mushobo uyu kubantu bakwe Lesa? Amubone tamukwe kusuminisha mwanaanu musankwa kupiluka kuswa mucishi ncaakalobokelaako. Sa te bulya mwalipa mulandu nobeene musheesho nshemwaswa mukwaamba?