When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
"And now shall I die, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised"  (Judges 15:18).  Our translators did not handle this as an interrogative, but as an exclamation, indicating that Samson supposed that his life was about ended.