a6:21
b2 Sam 6:3
cIsa 55:7; Hos 6:1; Dute 30:2-10; 1 Kho 8:48; Jow 2:12
dHlu 10:16
eHlu 2:13
f2 Lan 19:3, 30:19; Ezra 7:10; Jobe 11:13; Hlab 78:8
gDute 6:13, 10:20, 13:4; Mat 4:10; Luka 4:8
hHlu 2:13
iJosh 18:26
j7:9; Gen 20:7
k2 Sam 14:14
l28:20, 31:13; Hlu 20:26; Neh 9:1; Dan 9:3,4,5; Jow 2:12
mHlu 10:10; 1 Kho 8:47
nEks 14:14; 2 Kho 19:4; Isa 37:4
oHlab 99:6; Jer 15:1
p2:10; Hlab 18:13; 2 Sam 22:14,15
qJosh 10:10; Hlu 5:20
rGen 28:18, 31:45, 35:14; Josh 4:9, 24:26
sNani 14:19
tHlu 13:1
u13:5
v5:9
wJosh 15:11
x17:4
yGen 15:16
z7:6, 12:11, 25:1
aaJosh 16:2
abJosh 5:9
acJosh 18:26
ad1:19
ae7:9, 14:35; Hlu 21:4

1 Samuel 7

1Njalo abantu beKiriyathi-Jeyarimi beza a, benyusa umtshokotsho weNkosi, bawungenisa endlini kaAbinadaba phezu kwaloloqaqa, bangcwelisa uEleyazare indodana yakhe ukuthi agcine umtshokotsho weNkosi b.

USamuweli wahlulela uIsrayeli

2Kwasekusithi kusukela ngosuku umtshokotsho uhlala eKiriyathi-Jeyarimi, insuku zanda; ngoba kwaba yiminyaka engamatshumi amabili; lendlu yonke yakoIsrayeli yakhala ilandela iNkosi.

3USamuweli wasekhuluma endlini yonke kaIsrayeli esithi: Uba libuyela eNkosini ngenhliziyo yenu yonke c, susani onkulunkulu bezizweni phakathi kwenu d laboAshitarothi e, liqondise inhliziyo yenu eNkosini f, likhonze yona yodwa, ngakho izalophula esandleni samaFilisti g. 4Ngakho abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesusa oBhali laboAshitarothi, bakhonza iNkosi yodwa h.

5USamuweli wasesithi: Buthanisani uIsrayeli wonke eMizipa i; njalo ngizalikhulekela eNkosini j. 6Basebebuthana eMizipa, bakha amanzi, bawathela phambi kweNkosi k, bazila ukudla mhlalokho l, bathi lapho: Sonile eNkosini m. USamuweli wasesahlulela abantwana bakoIsrayeli eMizipa.

7Kwathi amaFilisti esezwile ukuthi abantwana bakoIsrayeli babuthene eMizipa, iziphathamandla zamaFilisti zenyuka zamelana loIsrayeli. Abantwana bakoIsrayeli sebekuzwile bawesaba amaFilisti. 8Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesithi kuSamuweli: Ungathuli ukusikhalela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wethu ukuze asisindise esandleni samaFilisti n. 9USamuweli wasethatha iwundlu elimunyayo, walinikela lonke eNkosini laba ngumnikelo otshiswayo. USamuweli wakhalela uIsrayeli eNkosini, iNkosi yasimphendula o. 10Kwathi uSamuweli esanikela umnikelo wokutshiswa, amaFilisti asondela empini loIsrayeli; kodwa iNkosi yaduma ngelizwi elikhulu phezu kwamaFilisti ngalolosuku p, yawachithachitha, asetshaywa phambi kukaIsrayeli q. 11Amadoda akoIsrayeli asephuma eMizipa axotshana lamaFilisti, awatshaya, kwaze kwaba ngaphansi kweBetikari. 12USamuweli wasethatha ilitshe, walimisa phakathi kweMizipa leSheni, wabiza ibizo lalo iEbeni-Ezeri r, wathi: Kuze kube khathesi iNkosi isisizile s.

13Ngakho amaFilisti ehliselwa phansi t, kawabe esaphinda ukungena emngceleni wakoIsrayeli u. Njalo isandla seNkosi samelana lamaFilisti zonke izinsuku zikaSamuweli v. 14Imizi amaFilisti ayeyithethe-ke koIsrayeli yabuyiselwa kuIsrayeli kusukela eEkhironi w kuze kufike eGathi x; lomngcele wayo uIsrayeli wawukhulula esandleni samaFilisti. Njalo kwaba lokuthula phakathi kukaIsrayeli lamaAmori y.

15USamuweli wasesahlulela uIsrayeli insuku zonke zempilo yakhe z. 16Wahamba iminyaka ngeminyaka wabhoda eBhetheli aa, leGiligali ab, leMizipa ac; wahlulela uIsrayeli kuzo zonke lezozindawo. 17Lokubuyela kwakhe kwakuyikuya eRama ad, ngoba indlu yakhe yayilapho; wahlulela uIsrayeli khona, wayakhela lapho iNkosi ilathi ae.

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