JUDGES 15:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.”
Judahites bind Samson with two new ropes, emphasizing restraint and subordination to Philistine authority. The ropes (also meaning sorrows) bind through tribal bonds rather than Philistine fetters. Yet the ropes foreshadow inefficacy: Samson's strength severs them easily. Judah's attempt to maintain peace through submission provokes the very destruction it sought to prevent. Divine purpose works through and against human self-preservation.
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