Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 18:15

And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, [even] unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

15. even unto the house of Micah ] A gloss inserted to identify the young Levite’s house with that of Micah; see on Jdg 17:7. LXX. Luc omits the house of the young man the Levite.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Heb. asked him of peace, i.e. if he were in peace, peace being commonly put for health and prosperity.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And they turned thitherward,…. It seems as if the house lay a little out of their way, and therefore they turned on one hand to go unto it:

and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah; for the young man’s house was only an apartment of Micah’s, and lay very probably next to that in which the images, and oracle were; and they made up to the young man’s apartment, rather than to Micah’s, because the above things were under his care:

and saluted him; asked him of his welfare in a kind and obliging manner, the rather to ingratiate themselves unto him.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then they turned from the road thither, and went to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and asked him (the Levite) concerning his health, i.e., saluted him in a friendly manner (see Gen 43:27; Exo 18:7, etc.).

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(15-18) In these verses we have a graphic description of the whole nefarious proceeding. The five spies, knowing Jonathan, salute him, and inveigle him to the entrance of the court to talk to their six hundred companions. While the chiefs of this little army detain him in conversation, without any show of violence the five slip away unobserved to the alyah, or upper room, which serves as the chapel, and steal all the essentials of the worshipnamely, (1) the ephod; (2) the teraphim; (3) the graven image; (4) the molten image. It is true that in Jdg. 18:20-30 the massecah is not mentioned; but it may be regarded as belonging to the pesel. It is only when he sees them in actual possession of these that Jonathan asks the alarmed question, What do ye?

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

‘ And they turned aside to it, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.’

So they made a diversion and came to Micah’s house and pretended that they had come to see the young Levite. Micah would happily receive them They had eaten at his table, thus he knew them to be friends. Once they were with the Levite, they asked him how he was faring. His reply would determine their next move.

Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett

Jdg 18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, [even] unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

Ver. 15. The house of the young man the Levite. ] See Trapp on “ Jdg 18:3 “

And saluted him. ] And so did soon insinuate into him who – levitate plus quam desultoria – might be won with an apple, and lost with a nut. These Danites, with their salutations and fair promises, win this hireling Levite insalutato hero suo dacedere, to leave Micah his master without leave taken of him; who yet had used him as one of his sons.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

saluted him: Heb. asked him of peace, Gen 37:14, Gen 43:27, 1Sa 17:22, *marg. 2Ki 4:26, Mat 10:12, Mat 10:13, Luk 10:4-6, Joh 14:27

Reciprocal: 1Sa 10:4 – salute thee Jer 15:5 – how thou doest

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge