JUDGES 15:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.”
Samson negotiates surrender terms: "Swear you will not fall upon me yourselves." His demand guarantees against Judahite treachery suggests he fears his own people more than Philistines. The oath creates binding agreement. His condition—Philistine transfer rather than death—reveals he anticipates supernatural deliverance. The narrative frames his submission as faith, though Judahites understand it pragmatically.
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