diff --git a/jdg/03/03.md b/jdg/03/03.md
index 6be0ac6d5d..fe9c832f99 100644
--- a/jdg/03/03.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# the five lords
+# the five rulers
 
-These five lords represent themselves and their people. Alternate translation: "the five lords and their people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
+These five rulers represent themselves and their people. Alternate translation: "the five rulers and their people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
 
-# lords
+# rulers
 
 kings
 
diff --git a/jdg/13/25.md b/jdg/13/25.md
index 1d59426a37..4d578849da 100644
--- a/jdg/13/25.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Yahweh's Spirit began to stir him
 
-Here the way Yahweh's Spirit influences Samson is compared to the way a spoon stirs food in a pot. Alternate translation: "Yahweh's Spirit began to influence Samson" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+The word "stir" here refers to causing Samson to act. "Yahweh's Spirit began to cause him to act" or "Yahweh's Spirit began to control him"
 
 # Mahaneh Dan ... Eshtaol
 
diff --git a/jdg/16/23.md b/jdg/16/23.md
index b727da3e67..143c0b7e4b 100644
--- a/jdg/16/23.md
+++ b/jdg/16/23.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ a major false god of the Philistines (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]
 
 "has defeated"
 
-# put him in our grasp
+# put him in our hands
 
-Here the author speak of Samson being under the rulers' control as if he were something grasped tightly by their hands. Alternate translation: "put him under our control" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Here the word "hands" is a metaphor for the rulers' power. Alternate translation: "put him under our control" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])