“ And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. ”
See the introduction to the Book of Judges. The only point of contact with the preceding history of Samson is, that we are still concerned with the tribe of Dan. See Judges 18:1-2 , note. Josephus...
And there (a) was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah. (a) Some think this history was in the time of Othniel, or as Josephus writes, immediately after Joshua.
Micah's Graven Image. The dread of a curse, uttered by an indignant mother against the unknown thief of her money, made the culprit, her own son, confess his guilt. At a certain stage of religious...
mount . hill country of Ephraim, where Joshua dwelt and was buried ( Joshua 24:30 ).
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. And there was a man of Mount Ephraim - It is extremely difficult to fix the chronology of this and the following transactions. Some think...
Micah, an Ephraimite, restores the money which he had taken from his mother; from which she commands a graven image to be made; Micah hires a Levite to be his priest. Before Christ 1426....
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. A man of mount Ephraim - i:e., the mountainous parts of Ephraim. This and the other narratives that follow form a miscellaneous col...
The Story of Micah This story, which is continued in the following c, is undoubtedly a very old one. In striking contrast to many other narrative portions of the Old Testament, there is in the bod...
There was. — The Vulg. has, “there was at that time” which is an error, for these events happened before the days of Samson. A man of mount Ephraim. — The hill-district of Ephraim, as in Judg...
THE STOLEN GODS Judges 17:1-13 , Judges 18:1-31 THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with that wh...
Here begins the final section of the Book of Judges which is of the nature of an appendix. The events here recorded must have taken place closely following the death of Joshua. They give us a picture...
CONTENTS The subject of this, and all that remains in the book of the Judges, puts on a different complection from what went before. The Reader will recollect the title it bears: the transactions he...
And there was a man of Mount Ephraim ,.... This and the four following Chapter s contain an history of facts, which were done not after the death of Samson, as some have thought, and as they may see...
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah. Ver. 1. And there was a man. ] The Vulgate hath it, And at that time there was a man, &c. And some Rabbins say that this fell out...
Here begins what may be called a supplement to the book of Judges; which gives an account of several memorable transactions, in or about the time of the judges: whose history the author would not int...
BOLD IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL (vv. 1-13) Samson was the last judge in Israel. The last five Chapter s of Judges -- 17 to 21 -- deal with conditions during the time of the Judges, so do not necessarily...
Micah and His Gods. B. C. 1406. 1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was...
JUDGES CHAPTER 17 Micah stealeth money of his mother; then confesseth and restoreth it. She dedicates it to the Lord; maketh images: he sets them up in the house of his gods; and consecrates one of...
Judges 17 . Micah and the Levite. This chapter illustrates the rise of idolatry and disobedience to Yahweh in Israel after the death of Joshua. It is illustrated from an incident which occurred...
IDOLATRY IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGE—BY IMAGE-WORSHIP ( Judges 17:1-13 .) HOMILETICS I. Idolatry begins with those who are not upright in moral conduct. Judges 17:1-4 . Micah himself is first hea...
Judges 17:1 . A man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. This was soon after the death of Joshua, says Josephus, and before the civil war with Benjamin. Judges 17:2 . About which thou cursed...
Micah. Micah’s mother In the second verse of this chapter Micah makes a clean confession of a great wrong which he had done to his mother. “It seems,” says Matthew Henry, “that this old woman,...
EXPOSITION Judges 17:1 We here light upon quite a different kind of history from that which has preceded. We no longer have to do with judges and their mighty deeds in delivering Israel fro...
And there was a man of Mount Ephraim whose name was Micah. The fine meaning of this man's name, "who is like Jehovah," does not change the fact that the evils of the period were growing, that the dec...
Joshua 15:9 ; Joshua 17:14-18 ; Judges 10:1
There was, &c. — The things mentioned here, and in the following chapters, did not happen in the order in which they are put; but much sooner, even presently after the death of the elders that...