Judges 17:1

There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

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WEBBE

There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

BSB

Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

KJV

And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

ASV

And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

BBE

Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.

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וַיְהִי־ vay·hi- and he was H1961 אִישׁ 'ish a man H376 מֵהַר־ me·har- from [the] hill country of H2022 אֶפְרָיִם 'ef·ra·yim Ephraim H669 וּשְׁמוֹ u·she·mo and name his H8034 מִיכָיְהוּ mi·kha·ye·hu [was] Micaiah H4321

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

What is related in this, and the rest of the chapters to the end of this book, was done soon after the death of Joshua: see chap. Jud 20:28. That it might appear how happy the nation was under the Judges, here is showed how unhappy they were when there was no Judge. The love of money made Micah so undutiful to his mother as to rob her, and made her so unkind to her son, as to curse him. Outward losses drive good people to their prayers, but bad people to their curses. This woman's silver was her god, before it was made into a graven or a molten image. Micah and his mother agreed to turn their money into a god, and set up idol worship in their family. See the cause of this corruption. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes, and then they soon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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Micah Ephraim

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