Teks -- Judges 15:12 (NET)

15:12 They said to him, “We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Promise me you will not kill me.”

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Jdg 15:12 - Bind thee

Why not rather, to fight under thy banner? Because sin dispirits men, nay, it infatuates them, and hides from their eyes the things that belong to their peace.

Wesley: Jdg 15:12 - Swear

Not that he feared them, or could not as easily have conquered them, as he did the host of the Philistines; but because he would be free from all temptation of doing them harm, though it were in his own defence.

JFB: Jdg 15:9-17 - Then the Philistines went up

To the high land of Judah.

JFB: Jdg 15:9-17 - and spread themselves in Lehi

Now El-Lekieh, abounding with limestone cliffs; the sides of which are perforated with caves. The object of the Philistines in this expedition was to apprehend Samson, in revenge for the great slaughter he had committed on their people. With a view of freeing his own countrymen from all danger from the infuriated Philistines, he allowed himself to be bound and surrendered a fettered prisoner into their power. Exulting with joy at the near prospect of riddance from so formidable an enemy, they went to meet him. But he exerted his superhuman strength, and finding a new (or moist) jawbone of an ass, he laid hold of it, and with no other weapon, slew a thousand men at a place which he called Ramath-lehi--that is, "the hill of the jawbone."

Clarke: Jdg 15:12 - That ye will not fall upon me yourselves

That ye will not fall upon me yourselves - He could not bear the thought of contending with and slaying his own countrymen; for there is no doubt that he could have as easily rescued himself from their hands as from those of the Philistines.

TSK: Jdg 15:12 - to bind thee // fall

to bind thee : Mat 27:2; Act 7:25

fall : Jdg 8:21; 1Ki 2:25, 1Ki 2:34

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Jdg 15:12

Not that he feared them, or could not as easily have conquered them, as he did the whole host of the Philistines; but because he would be free from all obligation or temptation of doing them any harm, though it were in his own just and necessary defence.

Haydock: Jdg 15:12 - Kill me

Kill me, in a treacherous manner. He was not afraid of them. (Calmet)

Gill: Jdg 15:12 - And they said unto him, we are come down to bind thee // that we may deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines // and Samson said unto them, swear unto me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves

And they said unto him, we are come down to bind thee,.... That is, they were come down into the cave where he was; otherwise more properly they were come up to the top of the rock:

that we may deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines; they own what was their intention in binding him, and what put them upon it was not ill will to him, but fear of the Philistines:

and Samson said unto them, swear unto me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves; which shows he did not fear them, though they were 3000; and that if they attempted to take away his life, he should defend himself, but he chose not to shed the blood of any of them; and rather than they should come into any distress through the Philistines, consented to be bound by them, and delivered into their hands; which he was a type of Christ, who was betrayed by the Jews, and delivered by them into the hands of the Romans; and though he could have delivered himself by his great strength, would not, but suffered himself to be taken and bound, and given into the hands of his enemies, that his own people might go free; see Joh 18:4.