they knew: They knew by his dialect or mode of pronunciation, that he was not an Ephraimite (see the parallel texts). Judges 12:6; Genesis 27:22; Matthew 26:73
and what hast: Isaiah 22:16
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Judges 18:3
Judges 18:3
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