23 Ababusi bamaFilisti babuthana ndawonye ukuze banikele umhlatshelo oqakathekileyo kunkulunkulu wabo uDagoni+ lokuthi bathokoze ngoba babesithi: “Unkulunkulu wethu unikele isitha sethu uSamsoni ezandleni zethu!”

8 Ngelanga elilandelayo amaFilisti athi esezothatha impahla yalabo ababebulewe, athola uSawuli lamadodana akhe befile entabeni iGilibhowa.+ 9 Yikho amkhipha izigqoko njalo amquma ikhanda aselithatha, athatha lezigqoko zakhe zempi. AmaFilisti athumela ilizwi kulo lonke ilizwe lawo ukuze kubikwe ezithombeni zawo+ lasebantwini. 10 Afaka izigqoko zakhe zempi endlini kankulunkulu* wawo, abethela ukhakhayi lwakhe endlini kaDagoni.+