Judges 18:23

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?

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In The King James Version

And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

In Context

22When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

24And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?

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Cross References

Genesis 21:17And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.

2 Samuel 14:5And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Psalms 114:5What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:15-27

Micah's Gods Stolen; Micah's Attempt to Recover His Idols. ( b. c. 1406.) 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,… Read the whole commentary →

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