Izwi likaSamuweli lafika kuye won ke u -Israyeli. U-Israyeli waphuma ukulwa namaFilisti, wamisa ngase-Ebeni Ezeri; amaFilisti amisa e-Afeki.

AmaFilisti athatha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu , awususa e-Ebeni Ezeri , awuyisa e-Ashidodi.

USamuweli wathatha itshe , walimisa phakathi kweMispa neSheni , waqamba igama lalo ngokuthi i -Ebeni Ezeri, ethi: Kuze kube manje uJehova usisizile.

noPhenuweli, uyise kaGedori, no-Ezeri, uyise kaHusha . Yilabo ababe ngamadodana kaHure izibulo lika-Efratha, uyise kaBetlehema.

noZabadi indodana yakhe, noShuthela indodana yakhe, no-Ezeri no-Eleyadi ababulawa ngabantu baseGati ababezelwe kulelo zwe , ngokuba behla ukuthatha izinkomo zabo.

ngu-Ezeri inhloko, no-Obadiya owesibili, no-Eliyabe owesithathu,

KuHemani: amadodana kaHemani : ngoBukiya, noMathaniya, no-Uziyeli, noShebuweli, noJerimoti, noHananiya, noHanani, no-Eliyatha, noGidaliti, noRomamiti Ezeri, noJoshibekasha, noMaloti, noHothiri, noMahaziyoti;

eyamashumi amabili nane uRomamiti Ezeri , namadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili.

Eceleni kwakhe kwalungisa u -Ezeri indodana kaJeshuwa, umbusi waseMispa, elinye ibanga malungana nommango oya endlini yezikhali eNqutshini.

noMahaseya, noShemaya, no-Eleyazare, no-Uzi, noJehohanani, noMalikhiya, no-Elamu, no-Ezeri. Abahlabeleli bahlabelela ngokuzwakalisayo, benoJizirahiya umbonisi wabo.