1. Judges 15:12 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How does the Judahites’ desire to hand over Samson expressly oppose the Lord?

Judges 15:12 (ESV)

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 attack me yourselves.”

The Lord made known to Manoah’s wife his plans to use Samson to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines (Judges 13:5). But the Judahites plan to give the Lord’s deliverer into the hand of the Philistines (Judges 15:12)!1