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

Abase-Ashidodi sebevukile kusasa ekuseni, bheka, uDagoni wayewile phansi ngobuso phambi komphongolo kaJehova . Bamthatha uDagoni, bambuyisela endaweni yakhe.

Ngalokho abapristi bakaDagoni nabo bonke abangena endlini kaDagoni abanyatheli embundwini kaDagoni e-Ashidodi kuze kube namuhla. AmaFilisti ayahlushwa yisandla sikaJehova

Kepha isandla sikaJehova sasinzima phezu kwabase -Ashidodi, wabachitha, wababulala ngamathumba, i-Ashidodi nemikhawulo yalo.

Abantu base -Ashidodi sebebona ukuthi kunjalo bathi : Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli awuyikuhlala kithi , ngokuba isandla sakhe silukhuni phezu kwethu naphezu kukaDagoni unkulunkulu wethu.

Lawa angamathumba egolide amaFilisti awabuyisa abe ngumnikelo wecala kuJehova: elinye ngele -Ashidodi, nelinye ngeleGaza , nelinye ngele - Ashikeloni, nelinye ngeleGati, nelinye ngele-Ekroni;

Waphuma walwa namaFilisti , wadiliza ugange lwaseGati , nogange lwaseJabine, nogange lwase -Ashidodi; wakha imizi kwelase -Ashidodi naphakathi kwamaFilisti.

Ngiyakunquma abakhileyo e -Ashidodi, nophethe intonga e -Ashikeloni, ngiphendulele isandla sami e -Ekroni; nensali yamaFilisti iyakuphela , isho iNkosi uJehova.

Zwakalisani ezindlini zamakhosi zase -Ashidodi, nasezindlini zamakhosi zasezweni laseGibithe , nithi: Buthanani ezintabeni zaseSamariya , nibone izidumo ezinkulu eziphakathi kwalo, nokucindezelwa okukulo.

Ngomnyaka wokufika kukaTharithani e -Ashidodi, ethunywe nguSarigoni , inkosi yase-Asiriya, walwa ne-Ashidodi, walithatha,

nayo yonke ingxubevange yabantu ; onke amakhosi ase -Uzi, nawo onke amakhosi asezweni lamaFilisti e -Ashikeloni, naseGaza, nase-Ekroni, nensali yase-Ashidodi;

Akusalanga noyedwa kuwo ama-Anaki ezweni labantwana bakwa -Israyeli; asala eGaza kuphela, naseGati, nase-Ashidodi.

kusukela eSihori elingaphambi kweGibithe kuze kube semkhawulweni wase- Ekroni ngasenyakatho , elibalelwa kumaKhanani, amakhosi ayisihlanu amaFilisti: amaGaza, nama-Ashidodi, nama-Ashikeloni, namaGiti, nama- Ekroni, nama-Avi,

kusukela e-Ekroni kuze kufike elwandle, yonke eyayiseceleni kwe-Ashidodi nemizana yayo.

I-Ashidodi nemizi yalo nemizana yal o; iGaza nemizi yalo nemizana yalo , kuze kufike emfuleni waseGibithe, naseLwandle Olukhulu nogu lwalo.

Futhi ngalezo zinsuku ngabona abaJuda ababezithathele abesifazane base - Ashidodi, nabakwa-Amoni, nabakwaMowabi.

Abantwana babo bakhuluma ngokwenxenye ngesi-Ashidodi; bengenakukhuluma isiJuda bakhuluma ngolimi lwezizwe ngezizwe.

Kepha kwathi oSanibalati , noThobiya, nabase-Arabiya, nabakwa-Amoni, nabase-Ashidodi sebezwa ukuthi ukulungiswa kwezingange zaseJerusalema kuyaqhubeka, nokuthi izimfa seziqale ukuvalwa, bathukuthela kakhulu,

E-Ashidodi kuyakuhlala umntwana wesihlahla ; ngiyakunquma ukuziphakamisa kwamaFilisti.

Ngokuba iGaza liyakushiywa, i-Ashikeloni libe yincithakalo ; bayakulixosha i-Ashidodi emini, i-Ekroni lisishulwe.