Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ¹  and gave them ²  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ³ 

Judges 15:14

15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered ⁴  him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in ⁵  fire, and they ⁶  melted away from his hands.

Judges 16:5

16:5 The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, “Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate ⁷  him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”

[14:19]  ¹ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

[14:19]  ² tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

[14:19]  ³ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “burned with.”

[15:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “his bonds.”

[16:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “subdue him in order to humiliate him.”