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.
Kweni wanguti wato ukaronga mu Yisraele, wangurwana ndi ŵarwani ŵake wose uku ndi uku, ŵa Amoni, ŵaEdomo, ŵaKaronga ŵaku Zoba, ndi ŵaFilisti, ko kose wangung'anamukiya wanguŵasuzga.
Wanguti, “Izi ndizo zikaŵanga nthowa za karonga yo wakuuseninge: wakatonga ŵana ŵinu kuŵamika mu magareta ghake ndi mu ŵakavalo ŵake, ndi kuchimbiya paurongo pa magareta ghake;