17 UFaro wathi esevumile ukuthi abantu bahambe, uNkulunkulu kazange abakhokhele ngendlela edlula elizweni lamaFilisti lanxa yayiseduze, ngoba uNkulunkulu wathi: “Nxa abantu bangadibana lempi bangatshintsha ingqondo babuyele eGibhithe.” 18 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wenza ukuthi abako-Israyeli babhode ngendlela edabula enkangala yoLwandle Olubomvu,+ njalo baphuma eGibhithe behlelwe kuhle njengamabutho.