1 Mu mazuŵa ghenigha ŵaFilisti ŵanguwunganiska maŵanja ghawo, ku nkhondo, kurwana ndi ŵaYisraele. Akishi wangunena ndi Davidi, “Uziŵe kuti iwe ndi ŵanthu ŵako mukarutanga nane ku nkhondo.”
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.
Sono ŵaFilisti ŵanguwunjika maliŵanja ghawo ku kurwana; ndipo ŵanguwungana pa Soko, waku Yuda, ndipo ŵangugoŵa pakati pa Soko ndi Azeka, mu Efesdamimi.
Sono ŵaFilisti ŵanguti ŵavwa kuti ŵaYisraele ŵawungana pa Mizpa, mafumu gha ŵaFilisti ghangukwera kumikana ndi Yisraele. ŴaYisraele ŵanguti ŵavwa ichi ŵenga ndi mantha pa ŵaFilisti.