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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.
Micah’s Idolatry
Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears — here is the silver with me; I took it.”
And his mother said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my son!”
And his mother said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my son!”
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.”
So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son, to make a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you.”
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.
Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah.
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 Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.
Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.
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.
The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
“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, “Where do you come from?”
So he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay.”
So he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay.”
Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance.” So the Levite went in.
The Levite agreed to this, and the young man became like one of Micah’s sons.
Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah’s house.