Judges 15:10

WEB

The men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us."

KJV

And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

Commentary

And the men of Judah said,.... To the Philistines, very probably by a deputation, which they sent unto them, to know the reason of this formidable appearance: why are ye come up against us? in this hostile manner, with such a number of forces, since they were not conscious to themselves that they had done anything to offend them; they had not attempted to cast off their yoke, they quietly submitted to their government, and had paid their whole tribute, as Josephus (f) represents them saying; they could not imagine what should be the meaning of all this: and they answered, to bind Samson are we come up; that is, to oblige them to bind him, and deliver him into their hands: to do to him as he hath done to us: to put him to death, as he had slain many of their people in the last rencounter with them. (f) Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 8.)