Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 16:8
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
8. she bound him ] When he was asleep, as we may infer from Jdg 16:14 ; Jdg 16:19. What Samson proposed in jest, Dellah carried out in earnest.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
8. she bound him with themprobablyin a sportive manner, to try whether he was jesting or in earnest.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her,…. To the chamber where she was with Samson, she having acquainted them with what he had told her:
seven green withs, which had not been dried; just such as he had described and directed to:
and she bound him with them; taking an opportunity, very likely, when he was asleep, and drunk too, according to Josephus x: the Philistines did not attempt to bind him, supposing that he would not admit them to do it, if aware of them; and they might fear, if asleep, he might awake before they could do it, and fall upon them and destroy them; but as for Delilah, if she had been found at it, she could have excused it as a piece of curiosity, being willing to try whether he told her truth or not.
x Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 11.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh (green) withes, which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.’
When he next came to see her he was probably amused to see that she had some fresh withes in her room. Little did he realise that they had been supplied by the Philistine Tyrants. And as they lay and made love and caressed she probably playfully bound them round him and let him sleep, joking that he was her captive. Or she may have done it while he was asleep. It says something for the fear that they had of him that the Philistines did not attempt to have their strongest men do it for her.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
Ver. 8. And she bound him with them. ] So heathen histories tell us of Hercules, that he was miserably enslaved and abused by his mistress, Omphale Queen of Lydia. Amantes amentes. How was Antony befooled by Cleopatra, a and the Persian kings by their concubines, being captivarum suarum captivi! they commanded the whole world, but were commanded by those minions.
a Plutarch.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
bound him: Ecc 7:26
Reciprocal: Act 21:33 – be