22 Aye ekyo kyaloba kumala mu Baisiraeli maani. Baaguma baata kabiri abalwani mu lunhiriri, mu kifo gheene ghe baabata ku lunaku olwasooka.
Daudi yaakoba omukwenda ati: “Ja okobe Yoabu oti, ‘Ebyo ebibairegho bitakumalamu maani, kuba ghazira aghanga kumanha oyo anaafiira mu lutalo. Kale ni weeyongere bwa kulumba ekibuga ekyo n'amaani, okigeme.’ Era weena omwizeemu amaani.”
Beekalangula mu bikolwa ebibi, beekobaana gha ghe banaatega emitego, nga bakoba bati: “Naani anaatubona?
Baatoola mu bibuga byaibwe abalwani emitwalo ebiri na kakaaga (26,000) ku lunaku olwo nga tobaliireeku abo abaalondebwa okuva mu batyamye b'omu Gibea mwene, abaaghera olusanvu.
Ebika eby'Abaisiraeli ebindi, ng'otoireku ekya Benjamini, byasoloza abalwani beene abaziramu ntete, emitwalo amakumi ana (400,000).
Ababenjamini baava mu kibuga ekyo Gibea baidha okulwana. Baita abalwani Abaisiraeli emitwalo ebiri n'enkumi ibiri (22,000) ku lunaku olwo.
Agho baaniinaniina okuja mu kifo ye basinziza, baalirira mu maiso ga Musengwa Katonda okutuusa eigulo. Baabuuza Musengwa Katonda bati: “Twiremu kabiri okulumba baganda baife Ababenjamini tubalwanise?” Musengwa Katonda yairamu ati: “Muje mubalwanise.”
Daudi yaaba mu buzibu obutaloodheka, kuba abantu baakoba okumukuba amabaale. Abantu boonaboona baali banakughavu, nga balumirwa batabane baibwe ni baghala baibwe. Aye Daudi yaafuna amaani mu kwesiga Musengwa Katonda we.