Judges 15:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

They said to him, “No; we will only bind you and give you into their hands; we will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.

Cross References

Acts 21:33

Then the tribune came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.

Judges 15:12

And they said to him, “We have come down to bind you, that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves.”

Judges 15:14

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

Judges 16:11

And he said to her, “If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”