Joshua 15:9; Joshua 17:14-18; Judges 10:1
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...
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, imm...
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, c...
Judges 17-18 . This section is the first of two supplements. It explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the naî veté of its moral and...
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...
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 Levit...
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 oth...
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...
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 Eph...
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...
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 fol...
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...
Observe how, out of the same mouth, when there is no grace in the heart, come cursings or blessings. It seems very plain that money was the idol of b...
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...
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...
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...
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 du...
Micah and His Gods. B. C. 1406. 1 And...
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 u...
Judges 17 . Micah and the Levite. This chapter illustrates the rise of idolatry and disobedience to Yahweh in Israel after the death of Joshua....
IDOLATRY IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGE—BY IMAGE-WORSHIP ( Judges 17:1-13 .) HOMILETICS I. Idolatry begins with those who are not upright in moral cond...
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...
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...
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 judg...
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 Making of the Image
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,...
1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.