Judges 18:23

And the children of Dan turned their face, and said to Michaias, What is the matter with thee that thou hast cried out?

Brenton Septuagint

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

22They went some distance from the house of Michaias, and, behold, Michaias and the men in the houses near Michaias' house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan.

24And Michaias said, Because ye have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what is this that ye say to me, Why criest thou?

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Cross References

Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.

2 Samuel 14:5And the king said to her, What is the matter with thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

Psalms 114:5The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity.

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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