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Selected Verse: Judges 18:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 18:3 |
Strong Concordance |
When they were by the house [01004] of Micah [04318], they knew [05234] the voice [06963] of the young man [05288] the Levite [03881]: and they turned in [05493] thither, and said [0559] unto him, Who brought [0935] thee hither [01988]? and what makest [06213] thou in this place? and what hast thou here? |
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King James |
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| It does not follow that they had known him before, and recognized his voice, though it may be so. But the Hebrew equally bears the sense that they heard the voice of the Levite; and, attracted by it, went into the chapel Jdg 18:18 where Jonathan was. They were probably just starting on their journey, but were still within the court or precincts of Micah's house. Micah had evidently not told them of his house of God, and his Levite. Their questions indicate surprise. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| When they were at Micah's house and recognised the voice of the young Levite, i.e., heard his voice, and perceived form his dialect that he was not a native of these mountains, they turned aside there, sc., from the road into the house, near to which they rested, and asked him, "Who brought thee hither, and what doest thou at this place? what hast thou to do here?" When he told them his history ("thus and thus," lit. according to this and that; cf. Sa2 11:25; Kg1 14:5), they said to him, "Ask God, we pray thee, that we may learn whether our way will be prosperous." בּאלהים שׁאל, used for asking the will of God, as in Jdg 1:1, except that here the inquiry was made through the medium of the imitation of the ephod and the worship of an image. And he said to them, sc., after making inquiry of the divine oracle, "Go in peace; straight before Jehovah is your way," i.e., it is known and well-pleasing to Him (vid., Pro 5:21; Jer 17:16). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Knew - By the acquaintance which some of them formerly had with him. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They knew the voice of the young man - They knew, by his dialect or mode of pronunciation, that he was not an Ephraimite. We have already seen (Jdg 12:6 (note)) that the Ephraimites could not pronounce certain letters. |
18 And these went [0935] into Micah's [04318] house [01004], and fetched [03947] the carved image [06459], the ephod [0646], and the teraphim [08655], and the molten image [04541]. Then said [0559] the priest [03548] unto them, What do [06213] ye?
16 As for me, I have not hastened [0213] from being a pastor [07462] to follow [0310] thee: neither have I desired [0183] the woeful [0605] day [03117]; thou knowest [03045]: that which came out [04161] of my lips [08193] was right before [05227] thee [06440].
21 For the ways [01870] of man [0376] are before [05227] the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068], and he pondereth [06424] all his goings [04570].
1 Now after [0310] the death [04194] of Joshua [03091] it came to pass, that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] asked [07592] the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Who shall go up [05927] for us against the Canaanites [03669] first [08462], to fight [03898] against them?
5 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Ahijah [0281], Behold, the wife [0802] of Jeroboam [03379] cometh [0935] to ask [01875] a thing [01697] of thee for her son [01121]; for he is sick [02470]: thus [02090] and thus shalt thou say [01696] unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in [0935], that she shall feign herself to be another [05234] woman.
25 Then David [01732] said [0559] unto the messenger [04397], Thus shalt thou say [0559] unto Joab [03097], Let not this thing [01697] displease [03415] [05869] thee, for the sword [02719] devoureth [0398] one as well as another [02090]: make thy battle [04421] more strong [02388] against the city [05892], and overthrow [02040] it: and encourage [02388] thou him.
6 Then said [0559] they unto him, Say [0559] now Shibboleth [07641]: and he said [0559] Sibboleth [05451]: for he could not frame [03559] to pronounce [01696] it right [03559]. Then they took [0270] him, and slew [07819] him at the passages [04569] of Jordan [03383]: and there fell [05307] at that time [06256] of the Ephraimites [0669] forty [0705] and two [08147] thousand [0505].