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Judges 17:1

EphraimMicah
Money and wealth
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”

3 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.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
WEB
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
ASV
And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
DARBY
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
BLB
And there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name [was] Micah.
ÅB
Det var en mann fra Efra'imfjellene som hette Mika.
OTB
Det var en mann som het Mika fra fjellandet i Efraim.
B1930
Det var en mann fra Efra'imfjellene som hette Mika.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 17:14–18

    Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”

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  • Joshua 15:9

    From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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  • Judges 18:2

    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

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  • Judges 10:1

    After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

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