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Micah's Idolatry
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Micah’s Idols
There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.
There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah!
And he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee.
He returned the money to her, and she said, “I now dedicate these silver coins to the LORD. In honor of my son, I will have an image carved and an idol cast.”
Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.
So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah’s house.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.
And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah’s house as he was traveling through.
And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him.
He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
The Levite agreed to this, and the young man became like one of Micah’s sons.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah’s house.