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What does Judges 18:23 mean?
"As they cried to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”"
— Judges 18:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
As they cried to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”
He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”
The children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
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