Wanguma ndi kudanirizga ku ŵamazaza ŵaku Yisraele, “Chifukwa nchine mwaza ndi kunozge nkhondo? Asi ndine mu Filisti ine, ndipo imwe asi mwe ŵateŵeti ŵaku Sauli? Tondoni munthu mukati mwinu wasikiye kunu kwangu.
Ndipo mazu ghaku Samuele ghanguvwika ku ŵaYisraele wose. Sono ŵaYisraele wanguruta ku nkhondo kurwana ndi ŵaFilisti ŵangugoŵa pa Ebenezere, ŵaFilisti ŵangugoŵa pa Afeke.
Viyo ŵaFilisti ŵangurwa, ndipo ŵaYisraele ŵanguthera, ndi ŵanguthaŵa, munthu yose ku nyumba yake; ndipo kwenga kubayika kukuru, pakuti ŵakubayika mu Yisraele, ŵankhondo ŵake ŵakwenda pasi ŵenga vikwi machumi ghatatu (30,000).