Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.
"And he dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Elam"  (Judges 15:8).  "This was probably located near the town of Elam in Judah, about two miles southwest of Bethlehem."[8]  The reference seems to be to a cave.  Moore stated that, "The rock of Elam is an almost vertical cliff, with a large cave, very difficult, and even dangerous, of access."[9]  No doubt Samson thought that he had concluded the feud in such a location.  The threat of war changed the situation.