Judges 18:15

18:15 They stopped ¹  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ²  and asked him how he was doing. ³ 

Judges 18:3

18:3 As they approached ⁴  Micah’s house, they recognized the accent ⁵  of the young Levite. So they stopped ⁶  there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?” ⁷ 

[18:15]  ¹ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:15]  ² tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

[18:15]  ³ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”

[18:3]  ⁴ tn Or “When they were near.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “voice.” This probably means that “his speech was Judahite [i.e., southern] like their own, not Israelite [i.e., northern]” (R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 263).

[18:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “What [is there] to you here?”