Judges 17:3

He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”

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WEBBE

He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”

BSB

And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”

KJV

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

ASV

And he restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

BBE

And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.

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וַיָּשֶׁב vai·ya·shev and he brought back H7725 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אֶלֶף־ 'e·lef- [the] one thousand H505 וּמֵאָה u·me·'ah and one hundred H3967 הַכֶּסֶף ha·ke·sef the silver H3701 לְאִמּוֹ le·'i·mo to mother his H517 וַתֹּאמֶר va·to·mer and she said H559 אִמּוֹ 'i·mo mother his H517 הַקְדֵּשׁ hak·desh certainly (to consecrate) H6942 הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי hik·dash·ti I consecrate H6942 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַכֶּסֶף ha·ke·sef the silver H3701 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh to Yahweh H3068 מִיָּדִי mi·ya·di from hand my H3027 לִבְנִי liv·ni for son my H1121 לַעֲשׂוֹת la·'a·sot to make H6213 פֶּסֶל pe·sel a carved image H6459 וּמַסֵּכָה u·ma·se·khah and a molten image H4541 וְעַתָּה ve·'a·tah and therefore H6258 אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ 'a·shi·ve·nu I will return it H7725 לָךְ lakh to (the) you H9032

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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