Judges 18:15

Judges 18:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
• New International Version (NIV)So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him about his welfare.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young Levite man—to the house of Micah—and greeted him.

Context of Judges 18:15

13And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. 14Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do. And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare. 16And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war.

Judges 18:15 word by word

וַיָּס֣וּרוּ שָׁ֔מָּה וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ אֶל־בֵּֽית־הַנַּ֥עַר הַלֵּוִ֖י בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ל֖וֹ לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

• turnedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• youngנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• Leviteלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• Micahמִיכָהmîykâh · MicahH4318
• welfareשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965

People and places in Judges 18:15

• Levi
• Micah

Cross-references for Judges 18:15

• Genesis 37:14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.
• Genesis 43:27And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well — the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
• 1 Samuel 17:22And David left the things he was carrying in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the ranks, and came and saluted his brethren.
• 2 Kings 4:26run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she said, It is well.
• Matthew 10:12And as ye enter into a house salute it.
• Luke 10:4Carry neither purse nor scrip nor sandals, and salute no one on the way.
• John 14:27I leave peace with you; I give my peace to you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it fear.

Commentaries on Judges 18:15

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The five dishonest scouts ignored the host and went directly to their target, the young and naive Levite who lacked principles.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2111-21. there went from thence of the family of the Danites ... six hundred men--This was the collective number of the men who were equipped with arms to carry out this expeditionary enterprise, without including the families and furniture of the emigrants (Jud 18:21). Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan."…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 18:15

• Dishonesty
• Jonathan
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Levite
• Micah
• Ask
• Quiet
• Teraphim
• Dan (1); Dan, Tribe of
• Dan (2)
• Intercession
• Israel, History of
• Jebus; Jebusi; Jebusite

Commentaries on Judges 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary