Hakim-hakim 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified ¹  tower ²  in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Hakim-hakim 14:8

14:8 Some time later, when he went back to marry ³  her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw ⁴  a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.

Hakim-hakim 15:6

15:6 The Philistines asked, ⁵  “Who did this?” They were told, ⁶  “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because the Timnite ⁷  took Samson’s ⁸  bride and gave her to his best man.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father. ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ¹⁰  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ¹¹  They raped ¹²  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

[9:51]  ¹ tn Or “strong.”

[9:51]  ² tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “get.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and look, a swarm of bees…”

[15:6]  ⁵ tn Or “said.”

[15:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they said.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[15:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Timnite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Samson) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:6]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text expands the statement with the additional phrase “burned with fire.” The words “with fire” are redundant in English and have been omitted from the translation for stylistic reasons. Some textual witnesses read “burned…her father’s house,” perhaps under the influence of 14:15. On the other hand, the shorter text may have lost this phrase due to haplography.

[19:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ¹² tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.