Hakim-hakim 9:54

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, ¹  “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ²  ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.

Hakim-hakim 16:3

16:3 Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. ³  He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. ⁴  He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ⁶  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ⁷  They raped ⁸  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

[9:54]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:54]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “And Samson lay until the middle of the night and arose in the middle of the night.”

[16:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “with the bar.”

[16:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “which is upon the face of Hebron.”

[19:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.