CILI ni mu mwaka wa 1117 B.C.E. Imyaka nalimo 300 naipita ukutula apo Yoshua acimfishe Icalo ca Bulayo. Abakalamba ba mu Israele baisa kuli kasesema wa kwa Yehova kabili bamwipusha ukucita icintu icaibela. Kasesema apepelapo pali uyu mulandu, kabili Yehova abasuminisha ukucita ico balefwaya. Apa pene e papwila inshita ya Bapingushi kabili inshita ya shamfumu yatendeka. Ibuuku lya Kubalilapo ilya kwa Samwele lilanda pa malyashi yasuma ayalecitika pa nshita ya uku kwaluka kwacindama ukwacitike mu Israele.

BUSHE IMFUMU YA KUBALILAPO IYA BENA ISRAELE YALITUNGULWIKE NELYO IYO?

(1 Samwele 8:1–15:35)

Samwele wa cishinka kuli Yehova inshiku shonse isha mweo wakwe, lelo abana bakwe abaume tabenda muli bukapepa. Ilyo abakalamba ba mu Israele bafwaya imfumu ya buntunse, Yehova abasuminisha ukukwata imfumu. Samwele akonka ubutungulushi bwa kwa Yehova kabili asuba Shauli, umulumendo wayemba umwina Benjamini, ukuba imfumu. Shauli akosha ubufumu bwakwe lintu acimfya abena Amone.