23 Abategetsi b’Abafilisitiya barahura kugira ngo batambire imana yabo Dagoni+ igitambo kandi bishime, kuko bavugaga bati: “Noneho imana yacu yatumye dufata Samusoni umwanzi wacu!”

4 Ku munsi ukurikiyeho, babyutse kare mu gitondo basanga Dagoni yongeye kugwa yubitse umutwe imbere y’Isanduku ya Yehova. Umutwe n’ibiganza byari byacitse, byaguye mu muryango w’urusengero. Igice gisa n’ifi ni cyo cyonyine* cyari cyasigaye.

2 Muri icyo gihe, ubwo Ahaziya yari ari mu cyumba cyo hejuru cy’inzu ye y’i Samariya, yakandagiye ahantu hari umwenge utwikiriwe n’utubaho dusobekeranye aravunika. Nuko yohereza abantu arababwira ati: “Mugende mumbarize Bayali-zebubi, imana yo muri Ekuroni,+ niba nzakira iyi mvune.”+