Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
She bound him with them - probably in a sportive manner, to try whether he was jesting or in earnest.
Related Commentaries of Judges 16:8
Judges 16:8
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven greene withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.