They said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall on me yourselves.
"The tribe that had formerly waded into battle after battle (Judges 1:1-20) has become a collection of spineless wimps (Judges 15:13)." [Note: Davis, p. 182.] 