Judges 15:10-12

International Standard Version

¹⁰ The leading^[a] men of Judah asked, “Why have you invaded us?”

They replied, “We’re here to arrest Samson. Then we’re going to do to him what he did to us.”

¹¹ In response, 3,000 soldiers from the tribe of Judah went down to the caves of the rock of Etam and asked Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines have us in their control? What have you done to us?”

“I did to them what they did to me,” he answered.

¹² They responded, “We’ve come here to arrest you and transfer you to the custody of the Philistines.”

Samson told them, “Promise me that you won’t kill me.”