11 Bantu bene Jabeshi Gilyadi ndibakanyumfwa bene Filisiti mbobakacita Saulo,
Pesule bakabika shakulwanisha shakwe Saulo muŋanda njebakalinga kulambililaamo lesa wabo umwi akupopa mutwi wakwe muŋanda yakwe Dagoni lesa wabo.
basankwa boonse batacite boowa bakanyamuka akuya mukubwesa mubili wakwe Saulo amibili ya bana bakwe basankwa akwiitola kuJabeshi. Bakeebika uko munshaamubanga akulikasha kulya kwanshiku shili shosanwe ashobilo.
Mpomunyaawo bakeepusha ayi, “Ino ndikotonshi pakati ka bene Isilaeli litakwe kubungana kunembo lya Mwaami Lesa kuMisipa?” Lyalo bakacana kwaamba ayi taaku nabi womwi wa kuJabeshi Gilyadi wakalingaako.