15:11,12
“Three thousand men from Judah”. It seems that the people of Judah did not have high regard for Samson, and who can blame them? They knew where he was hiding and went to confront him. First they remind him of the realpolitik situation, the Philistines ruled over them so they had to avoid antagonising them. Samson replied that they deserved what they got. The men of Judah tell him that they will tie him up and hand him over to the Philistines. Samson is quite happy with the situation, as long as the men of Judah do not kill him themselves. He seems to know that with his unnatural strength he can overcome the Philistines.
15:13-15
So they bound him up and handed him over. The Philistines were shouting, thinking that they had got their man. However, they did not reckon with the Spirit of the Lord, who came upon Samson and gave him great strength. So Samson easily broke the ropes. The earlier mention of these being new ropes shows that the ropes were not old and weak, it is only by supernatural strength that a man could break them. Samson then found a donkey jawbone and struck down one thousand Philistines.
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