Ono bene Keni bamulunyungu lwa mupongoshi wakwe Mose bakaya abene Juda kuswa kuJeliko, ndabala ya tupukupuku. Bakaya muluyanga lwa Juda kumalenge kufwaafwi aAladi uko nkobakaya mukwikala abene Amaleki.
Mpeeke Akishi na weepusha ayi, “Ino sunu mwalingila kuli mukusaala?” Defedi wakalinga kwaamba ayi, “Twalingila kulubasu lwa kumalenge a cishi ca Juda, na ayi kucishi ca bene Jalamilu nabi ayi kucishi ca bene Keni.”
alimwi ashipani sha balembi bakalinga kwikala mundabala ya Jabesi. Bantu aba bakalinga bene Tilati, bene Shimeya alimwi abene Suka. Boonse aba mbamulunyungu lwakwe Keni wamulunyungu lwakwe Amati uyo wakalinga mushali mukulukulu wa bene Lekabu.