Judges 17:5

1 Kings 12:31; 1 Kings 13:33; 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Samuel 23:6; Exodus 24:5; Exodus 28:15; Exodus 28:4; Exodus 29:9; Ezra 1:7; Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:30; Hebrews 5:4; Hosea 3:4; Hosea 8:14; Judges 18:14; Judges 18:24; Judges 8:27

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an (c) ephod, and (d) teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. (c) He woul...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

house of gods. The true house of God was neglected, and as hard to find as it is to-day ( Judges 21:19 ); and, when found, dancing was the prominen...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. The man Micah had a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

An house of gods— This might be rendered more properly, a temple or house of God; אלהים בית beith elohim: so the LXX and the Vulgate render it, a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Had an house of gods. — The Hebrew is Beth Elohim, which may mean equally well “a house of God” (Vulg., œdiculam Deo, and so too the LXX.). It...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. Here we read of man...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the man Micah had an house of gods ,.... Having two images in it, besides teraphim, which were a sort of idols; and the Targum is, an house of i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. Ver. 5. And the m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

An house of gods, i.e. an house or place consecrated for the service of God in this manner. An ephod; an eminent part of the priestly garments,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the man Micah had a house of God (or ‘gods'), and he made an ephod and a teraphim, and installed (‘filled the hand of') one of his sons who b...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Making of the Image
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the man Micah had an house of gods, a place where he worshiped, and made an ephod, a garment like that worn by the high priest, with the Urim a...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of gods — That is, an house consecrated for the service of God in this manner. Teraphim — A sort of images so called. One of his sons — Because the...

⁵ And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateda one of his sons, who became his priest.

Related Commentaries of Judges 17:5

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 17:5