7. Samson told them, “So this is how you act! I swear that I won't stop until I pay you back!”
8. He attacked them fiercely and killed many of them. Then he went and stayed in the cave in the cliff at Etam.
9. The Philistines came and made camp in Judah, and attacked the town of Lehi.
10. The men of Judah asked them, “Why are you attacking us?”They answered, “We came to take Samson prisoner and to treat him as he treated us.”
11. So 3,000 men of Judah went to the cave in the cliff at Etam and said to Samson, “Don't you know that the Philistines are our rulers? What have you done to us?”He answered, “I did to them just what they did to me.”
12. They said, “We have come here to tie you up, so that we can hand you over to them.”Samson said, “Give me your word that you won't kill me yourselves.”
13. “All right,” they said, “we are only going to tie you up and hand you over to them. We won't kill you.” So they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him back from the cliff.