From thence they passed into mount Ephraim. And when they were come to the house of Michas,

From there, they crossed over to mount Ephraim. And when they had arrived at the house of Micah,

And they passed thence unto Mount Ephraim,.... Steering their coast still northward; this, according to Bunting (b), was eight miles from Kirjathjearim, or Mahanehdan, in which Micah's house was, for as yet they were not come to it, see Judges 18:15.
(b) Ibid. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 112.)

From this point they went across to the mountains of Ephraim, and came to Micah's house, i.e., to a place near it.

To the house - That is, to the town in which his house was, for they were not yet entered into it.