And this man Micah had an house of gods, and made an (A)[a]Ephod, and (B)[b]Teraphim, and [c]consecrated one of his sons, who was his Priest.

(C)In those days there was no [d]King in Israel, but every man did that which was good in his own eyes.

¶ There was also a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, [e]of the family of Judah: who was a Levite, and sojourned there.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:5 He would serve both God and Idols.
  2. Judges 17:5 By Teraphim some understand certain idols, having the likeness of a man, but others understand thereby all manner of things and instruments belonging unto those, who sought for any answer at God’s hands, as Judg. 18:5,6.
  3. Judges 17:5 Hebrew, filled the hand of one.
  4. Judges 17:6 For where there is no Magistrate fearing God, there can be no true religion or order.
  5. Judges 17:7 Which Bethlehem was in the tribe of Judah.

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