The people of Rebu think it is impossible for the Egyptians to get into the city and are not thinking too much about the little shelters at the bottom of the wall. The Egyptians hammered and hammered, and by very carefully working, they got in through the wall and surprised everybody. The Queen had drunk poison to join her husband rather than endure the surrender of the city.
So, Amuba and Jethro become slaves to the Egyptians and their only hope that they ever ventured to imagine was that they would work side-by-side. It was SO long a journey - really long! But Amuba and Jethro tell all the Rebu to be of courage and to not seem to be afraid, to show that if they are men of the field, they are also men of courage. Jethro also shows great wisdom in telling the Rebu men to learn the tongue of Egyptians.
They finally reach Thebes and to their happiness and surprise, Amuba and Jethro are put in the same squad to be chosen. Amuba is chosen and then he begs his new master, a priest, to let Jethro to come with him and be also chosen by the priest (whose name is Ameres.) The chapter ends with Amuba thinking (and Jethro too) that they will find happiness in their new home.
Ameres appears to be a very wise man, although in the temple as a High Priest, he is yet looked on with dislike. He has different views about things, I think.
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