Judges 15:9-13

The Philistines retaliated by setting up camp in Judah and deploying their men near the town of Lehi. The men of Judah asked the Philistines, “Why are you coming against us?” The Philistines replied, “We’ve come to capture Samson and repay him for what he did to us.” So three thousand men of Judah went to Samson’s cave in the cliff of Etam, and they said to him, “What are you trying to do to us? Don’t you realize the Philistines rule over us?” Samson replied, “I only did to them what they did to me.” The men of Judah told him, “We’ve come to take you prisoner and hand you over to the Philistines.” “All right,” Samson said, “but promise me that you won’t kill me.” “We promise not to kill you,” they replied. “We’ll only tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.” They bound him with two brand new ropes and led him from the cave near the cliff of Etam to Lehi.