Judges 17 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Micah’s Idolatry

Now there was a man^H376 of the hill^H2022 country^H2022 of Ephraim^H669 whose name^H8034 was Micah^H4321.

Jdg 17:2He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and spoke of it [fn]in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; it was I who took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by Yahweh.”

Jdg 17:3

Jdg 17:3And he then returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I wholly set apart the silver from my hand as holy to Yahweh for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; so now I will return [fn]them to you.”

Jdg 17:4

Jdg 17:4So he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith. And he made [fn]them into a graven image and a molten image, and [fn]they were in the house of Micah.

Jdg 17:5

Jdg 17:5And the man Micah had a [fn]shrine, and he made an ephod and [fn]household idols and [fn]ordained one of his sons, and he became his priest.

Jdg 17:6

Jdg 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Jdg 17:7

And there was a young^H5288 man^H5288 from Bethlehem^H1035 in Judah^H3063, of the family^H4940 of Judah^H3063, who^H1931 was a Levite^H3881; and he was sojourning^H1481 there^H8033.

Jdg 17:8

Jdg 17:8Then the man went from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to sojourn wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

Jdg 17:9

Jdg 17:9And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn wherever I may find a place.”

Jdg 17:10

Jdg 17:10Micah then said to him, “Remain with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance.” So the Levite went in.

Jdg 17:11