Judges 18:15
“They went over there, and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.”
What does Judges 18:15 mean?
These men from the tribe of Dan are visiting Micah's house, and the greeting "asked him how he was doing" is a simple, polite one. But there's tension simmering beneath the surface: they've come specifically to check out the Levite priest and the religious objects Micah has been keeping, because they're looking to establish their own shrine in a new territory. What starts as casual conversation is really the beginning of a plan to take what Micah has worked to gather. It's a reminder of how easily we can mask our real intentions with pleasantries, and how vulnerable we become when we don't see people's true motivations.