Judges 16:26

16:26 Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. ¹  Then I can lean on them.”

Judges 16:29

16:29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple ²  and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other.

Judges 20:5

20:5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. ³  They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.

[16:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house is founded.”

[16:29]  ² tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”

[20:5]  ³ tn Heb “arose against me and surrounded against me the house at night.”