When they were by the house of Micah,.... At their inn, which might be next to it, or as they were passing by it:they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; who had been in their country, and they had been in his company and conversation, and they knew the tone of his voice when they heard it; a particular brogue he might have.
Abarbinel conjectures, that he was singing to Micah's idol, or multiplying his prayers before him:and they turned in thither; into Micah's house, and into the apartment where the young man was;and said unto him, who brought thee hither?
they knew he was of Bethlehemjudah; they inquire therefore how he came there, who sent for him, and by what means he was brought to that place:and what makest thou in this place? they knew he was a Levite, and that such an one had no business to minister but at the tabernacle, and therefore they inquire what was his employment here: and what hast thou here?