Hakim-hakim 13:24-25

13:24 Manoah’s wife ¹  gave birth to a son and named him Samson. ²  The child grew and the Lord empowered ³  him. 13:25 The Lord’s spirit began to control him ⁴  in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Hakim-hakim 14:6

14:6 The Lord’s spirit empowered ⁵  him and he tore the lion ⁶  in two with his bare hands ⁷  as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Hakim-hakim 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ⁸  and gave them ⁹  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 15:14

15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered ¹¹  him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in ¹²  fire, and they ¹³  melted away from his hands.

[13:24]  ¹ tn Heb “the woman.” For clarity this has been specified in the translation as “Manoah’s wife.”

[13:24]  ² tn The name appears to mean “sun-like” or “solar.”

[13:24]  ³ tn Traditionally, “blessed.”

[13:25]  ⁴ tn Or “move him to action”; or “stir him.”

[14:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[14:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “him” or “it”; the referent (the lion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there was nothing in his hand.”

[14:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

[14:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

[14:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”

[15:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[15:14]  ¹² tn Heb “burned with.”

[15:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “his bonds.”