17 3 Micah’s mother according to her vow, made her son two idols. 5 He made his son a Priest for his idols, 10 and after he hired a Levite.

There [a]was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah,

And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, for the which thou cursedst, and spakedst it, even in mine hearing, behold, the silver is with me, I took it. Then his mother said, Blessed be my son of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:1 Some think this history was in the time of Othniel, or as Josephus writeth, immediately after Joshua.

Micah’s Idols

17 Now a man named Micah(A) from the hill country of Ephraim said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”

Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(B) my son!”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms