14:10 Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. 3 Samson hosted a party 4 there, for this was customary for bridegrooms 5 to do.
16:1 Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her. 6
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”
3 tn Heb “And his father went down to the woman.”
4 tn Or “[wedding] feast.”
5 tn Heb “the young men.”
6 tn Heb “and he went in to her.” The idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations.