ŴaFilisti ŵanguwungana kuti ŵarwi nkhondo ndi ŵaYisraele magareta, vikwi machumi ghatatu (30,000) ŵanthu vikwi vinkhonde ndi chimoza (6,000) ŵakukwera pa ŵakavalo, ndipo ŵanthu ŵanguŵa nge ndi mchenga wapa likumba la nyanja mu unandi; ŵangukwera ndi kugoŵa mu Mikimasa ku vuma Bete-avene.
Ndipo ŵaMidiyani ndi Amaleke ndi ŵanthu wose ŵaku Vuma ŵangula kundondoloska dambo uli ndi zombe mu unandi; ndipo ŵagamila ŵawo ŵenga ŵambura maŵerengeka nge ndi mchenga wapa likumba la nyanja mu unandi.
Pakuti ŵazanga ndi ng'ombe zawo ndi mahema ghawo, ŵazanga nge ndi zombe mu unandi, ŵanthu pamoza ndi ŵagamila ŵawo, ŵenga ŵambura maŵerengeka, viyo kuti ŵachiza mwenimo charu chinguzgoka chiparamba.
ndipo wanguwunjika vyakurgha vyose vya virimika vinkhonde ndi viŵi penipo vyengako vyakuzara mu charu cha Egipiti, ndipo wangulonga mu zinkhokwe mu misumba; ndipo wanguvilonga mu msumba we wose vyakurgha vyakutuwa mu minda yake ya kuwuzunguliya.