Then answered, i.e. spake, the word answering being oft used in Scripture of the first speaker, as 1 Kings 1:28, 1 Kings 13:6 Ezra 10:2 Isaiah 14:10. In those houses, i.e. in one of these houses, the plural number for the singular, as Judges 12:7. Consider what ye have to do, i.e. whether it be not expedient, either,
1. To consult them again for your own satisfaction; or rather,
2. To take them away for your further use, as you shall have occasion; for their action is the best comment upon their words.