_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 collection, or appendix to the Book of Judges, belonging to a period when the Hebrew nation was in a greatly... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO HIS MOTHER, THE ELEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THEE, ABOUT WHICH THOU CURSEDST, AND SPAKEST OF ALSO IN MINE EARS, BEHOLD, THE SILVER IS WITH ME; I TOOK IT. AND HIS MOTHER SAID, BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD, MY SON._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HE HAD RESTORED THE ELEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER TO HIS MOTHER, HIS MOTHER SAID, I HAD WHOLLY DEDICATED THE SILVER UNTO THE LORD FROM MY HAND FOR MY SON, TO MAKE A GRAVEN IMAGE AND A MOLTEN IMAGE: NOW THEREFORE I WILL RESTORE IT UNTO THEE._ A graven image, and a molten image - the one... [ Continue Reading ]
_YET HE RESTORED THE MONEY UNTO HIS MOTHER; AND HIS MOTHER TOOK TWO HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER, AND GAVE THEM TO THE FOUNDER, WHO MADE THEREOF A GRAVEN IMAGE AND A MOLTEN IMAGE: AND THEY WERE IN THE HOUSE OF MICAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 an house of gods, х_ BEEYT_ (H1004) _ 'ªLOHIYM_ (H430)] - a house of God/gods-a domestic chapel, a private religious establishment of his own. AN EP... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THOSE DAYS THERE WAS NO KING IN ISRAEL, BUT EVERY MAN DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES._ Every man did that which was right in his own eyes. From the lack of a settled government, there was no one to call him to account. No punishment followed any crime. But in this case of Micah, there... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OUT OF BETHLEHEMJUDAH OF THE FAMILY OF JUDAH, WHO WAS A LEVITE, AND HE SOJOURNED THERE._ Beth-lehem-judah - so called in contradistinction to a town of the same name in Zebulun (Joshua 19:15). OF THE FAMILY (I:E., TRIBE) OF JUDAH. Men of the tribe of Levi might connect... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MAN DEPARTED OUT OF THE CITY FROM BETHLEHEMJUDAH TO SOJOURN WHERE HE COULD FIND A PLACE: AND HE CAME TO MOUNT EPHRAIM TO THE HOUSE OF MICAH, AS HE JOURNEYED._ The man departed ... to sojourn where he could find a place. A competent provision being secured for every member of the Levitical... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MICAH SAID UNTO HIM, WHENCE COMEST THOU? AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, I AM A LEVITE OF BETHLEHEMJUDAH, AND I GO TO SOJOURN WHERE I MAY FIND A PLACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MICAH SAID UNTO HIM, DWELL WITH ME, AND BE UNTO ME A FATHER AND A PRIEST, AND I WILL GIVE THEE TEN SHEKELS OF SILVER BY THE YEAR, AND A SUIT OF APPAREL, AND THY VICTUALS. SO THE LEVITE WENT IN._ Be unto me a father - a spiritual father, to conduct the religious services of my establishment. He... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LEVITE WAS CONTENT TO DWELL WITH THE MAN; AND THE YOUNG MAN WAS UNTO HIM AS ONE OF HIS SONS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MICAH CONSECRATED THE LEVITE; AND THE YOUNG MAN BECAME HIS PRIEST, AND WAS IN THE HOUSE OF MICAH._ Consecrated the Levite, х_ WAYªMALEE'_ (H4390) ... _ 'ET_ (H854) _ YAD_ (H3027), filled his hand]. This act of consecration was not lees unlawful for Micah to perform than for this Levite to rece... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID MICAH, NOW KNOW I THAT THE LORD WILL DO ME GOOD, SEEING I HAVE A LEVITE TO MY PRIEST._ Now know I that the Lord will do me good. The removal of his son, followed by the installation of this Levite into the priestly office, seems to have satisfied his conscience that, by what he deemed th... [ Continue Reading ]