Judges 17 Summaries

The verse states, *“Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.”* (v.1) This simple introduction opens a new story within the Book of Judges, demonstrating how even one in...

Micah openly addresses his mother’s stolen fortune when he says: *“The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is w...

During the time of the Judges (circa 14th to 11th centuries BC), the people of Israel often struggled to remain faithful to God’s covenant requirements, frequently turning to idols and pagan worship. ...

*“So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the...

*And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, so that he might become his priest* (v.5). Micah lived during the period of the judges (roughl...

The verse states, *“In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.”* (v.6). This brief statement sums up the moral climate of the era known as the Judges (aro...

In this verse, we read: *“Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.”* (v.7) This brief sentence introduces a Levite who has...

In this passage, we read, *“Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to ...

*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 stay wherever I may find a place.”* (v.9). This takes place during the perio...

Micah’s offer to the young Levite expresses a remarkable proposition in Judges 17. *“Then Micah said to him, ‘Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver...

*So the Levite agreed to live with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons.* (v.11) This simple statement discloses that a Levite, who was from a priestly tribe set apart to serv...

Micah, an Israelite living during the roughly 300-year period of the Judges (circa 1375–1050 BC), takes a significant step in his household by initiating a Levite into priestly service. He does so whe...

Within the broader context of Israel’s tribal confederation during the time of the Judges—roughly spanning from the 14th century BC to the early 11th century BC—an individual named Micah inhabited the...