Judges 18:23

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They called out to the Danites, who turned to face them, and said to Micah, 'What’s the matter with you, that you have called your men together?'

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  • Gen 21:17 : 17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, 'What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid. God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
  • 1 Sam 11:5 : 5 Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.
  • 2 Sam 14:5 : 5 The king said to her, "What is troubling you?" She replied, "Truly, I am a widow; my husband has died.
  • 2 Kgs 6:28 : 28 Then the king asked her, "What is your problem?" She replied, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'
  • Ps 114:5 : 5 What is it, sea, that you flee? Jordan, that you turn back?
  • Isa 22:1 : 1 This is an oracle concerning the Valley of Vision: What is wrong with you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops?

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  • Judg 18:24-31
    8 verses
    87%

    24Micah replied, 'You’ve taken my gods that I made and my priest and gone away! What else do I have? How can you ask me, “What’s the matter with you?”'

    25The Danites said to him, 'Don’t raise your voice with us, or some bitter-tempered men might attack you, and you and your family could lose your lives.'

    26So the Danites continued on their way, and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he was, he turned and went back to his house.

    27The Danites took what Micah had made, along with his priest, and came to Laish, to a peaceful and unsuspecting people. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city with fire.

    28There was no one to rescue the people of Laish because they were far from Sidon and had no alliances with anyone. The city was situated in a valley near Beth-rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there.

    29They named the city Dan, after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel. However, the city had been named Laish previously.

    30The Danites set up for themselves the carved image, and Jonathan, son of Gershom, the son of Moses, along with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the land’s captivity.

    31They kept the carved image that Micah had made throughout the time the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Judg 18:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21They turned and left, placing the children, the livestock, and their goods in front of them.

    22When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah gathered together and overtook the Danites.

  • Judg 18:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1In those days, Israel had no king, and during that period, the tribe of Dan was looking for a place to settle because they had not yet received an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

    2The Danites sent five men from their clans, strong and valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, 'Go and explore the land.' When they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to Micah's house, they stayed there for the night.

    3As they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, 'Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your purpose here?'

    4He said to them, 'Micah did such and such for me. He hired me, and I became his priest.'

    5They said to him, 'Please inquire of God so that we may know whether our journey will be successful.'

  • Judg 18:11-19
    9 verses
    78%

    11So six hundred men from the Danite clan left Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons for battle.

    12They went up and encamped in Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why to this day the place is called Mahaneh Dan (the camp of Dan), located west of Kiriath-jearim.

    13From there they continued on to the hill country of Ephraim and arrived at Micah's house.

    14Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, 'Do you know that in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a cast idol? Now think about what you should do.'

    15So they turned aside there and went to the house of the young Levite, at Micah's house, and asked him how he was doing.

    16The six hundred men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, were standing at the entrance of the gate.

    17The five men who had gone to scout the land went inside and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

    18When they entered Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, the priest said to them, 'What are you doing?'

    19They answered him, 'Be quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Isn’t it better for you to be a priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel rather than for one man's household?'

  • Judg 18:8
    71%

    8When they returned to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, 'What do you report?'

  • Josh 22:15
    68%

    15When they came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them, saying:

  • Judg 15:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to attack us?" They replied, "We have come to tie up Samson and do to him as he has done to us."

    11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "Don’t you know that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?" He replied, "I only did to them what they did to me."

  • Judg 20:3
    67%

    3The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"

  • Judg 20:12
    67%

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

  • Jonah 1:8
    67%

    8Then they said to him, "Please tell us! Who is responsible for causing this trouble for us? What is your occupation, and where do you come from? What is your country, and of what people are you?"

  • 1 Sam 2:23
    67%

    23So he said to them, ‘Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.’

  • 2 Sam 24:6
    67%

    6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim Hodshi, and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon.

  • 1 Sam 4:14
    66%

    14Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, 'What is the meaning of this uproar?' Then the man hurried over to Eli and told him the news.

  • Josh 19:47
    66%

    47The border of the descendants of Dan went beyond them. So the descendants of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, struck it with the sword, took possession of it, and settled there. They renamed Leshem as Dan, after the name of their ancestor Dan.

  • Judg 8:1
    66%

    1The men of Ephraim said to Gideon, 'What is this thing you have done to us by not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?' And they argued with him forcefully.

  • Jer 4:15
    66%

    15A voice declares from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

  • Judg 12:2
    66%

    2Jephthah replied to them, "I and my people were in a serious struggle with the Ammonites. I called for your help, but you did not save me from their hands.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    65%

    5Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • 1 Sam 4:16
    65%

    16The man said to Eli, 'I have come from the battle; I fled from the battlefield today.' Eli asked, 'What happened, my son?'

  • Num 1:38
    65%

    38The descendants of Dan were recorded by their generations, by their families, and by their ancestral houses, counting the names of all the males twenty years old or older, all able to serve in the army.

  • Judg 1:34
    65%

    34The Amorites pressed the people of Dan into the hill country, not allowing them to come down to the valley.

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    65%

    29David replied, 'What have I done now? Was it not just a question?'

  • Judg 17:9
    65%

    9Micah asked him, 'Where are you coming from?' He replied, 'I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling to find a place to stay.'

  • Jer 16:10
    65%

    10When you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD declared such a great calamity against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

  • Num 22:9
    65%

    9Then God came to Balaam and asked, 'Who are these men with you?'