Jueces 15:10

10 Entonces los hombres de Judá les preguntaron a los filisteos:
—¿Por qué nos atacan?
—Vinimos para capturar a Sansón —contestaron los filisteos—, y a vengarnos por lo que nos hizo.

Jueces 15:10 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 15:10

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 ^F6 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 8.)

Jueces 15:10 In-Context

8 Luego atacó a los filisteos, lleno de furia, y mató a muchos de ellos. Después se fue a vivir a una cueva en la roca de Etam.

9 En represalia, los filisteos armaron su campamento en Judá y se extendieron hasta cerca de la ciudad de Lehi.

10 Entonces los hombres de Judá les preguntaron a los filisteos:
—¿Por qué nos atacan?
—Vinimos para capturar a Sansón —contestaron los filisteos—, y a vengarnos por lo que nos hizo.

11 Entonces tres mil hombres de Judá bajaron a buscar a Sansón, dentro de la cueva en la roca de Etam, y le dijeron:
—¿No te das cuenta de que los filisteos nos gobiernan? ¿Qué nos estás haciendo?
Pero Sansón les contestó:
—Yo sólo les hice a ellos lo que ellos me hicieron a mí.

12 Pero los hombres de Judá le dijeron:
—Vinimos para amarrarte y entregarte a los filisteos.
—Está bien —les dijo Sansón—. Pero prométanme que no me matarán ustedes.