Judges 18:15
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New International Version (©2011)
So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah's place and greeted him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then the five men turned off the road and went over to Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and greeted him kindly.

English Standard Version (©2001)
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 American Standard Bible (©1995)
They turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So they detoured there and went to the house of the young Levite at the home of Micah and greeted him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So they turned aside from there, went to Micah's house, and greeted him.

NET Bible (©2006)
They stopped there, went inside the young Levite's house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So they stopped and entered Micah's house and greeted the young Levite.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and greeted him.

American King James Version
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and saluted him.

American Standard Version
And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had turned a little aside, they went into the house of the young man the Levite, who was in the house of Michas: and they saluted him with words of peace.

Darby Bible Translation
And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

English Revised Version
And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and saluted him.

World English Bible
They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

Young's Literal Translation
And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. - Even unto the house, etc. Rather, at Beth-Micah.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

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Danites Take Micah's Idols
14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do. 15And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. …

Judges 18:14 Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, "Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod, some household gods and an image overlaid with silver? Now you know what to do."
Judges 18:16 The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate.